>>>>> "montefin" == montefin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
montefin> But*, one tiny, core question remains. Which is it: /usr/src, montefin> /usr/local/source, /usr/local/src? montefin> Some docs and HOWTO's say to build Linux in /usr/local/source; some montefin> mail, even from this list, mentions /usr/local/src; make-kpkg, I montefin> believe, builds into /usr/src. Sweet 'apt-get --configure source' will montefin> build where ever I happen to be at the moment. The `kernel-source' packages will put the kernel sources in "/usr/src/". "/usr/src" is mainly for dpkg use, I guess. For your own system-wide use, you might like to use "/usr/local/src/<subdir>" for stuff... cd /usr/local/src mkdir <pkgname> cd <pkgname> apt-get source <pkgname> By putting it in a subdir like that, when you `debian/rules binary' the package, it will write the .deb in a subdir, rather than out in the "/usr/local/src". I find that organization more convienient. I use the "/usr/local/src" area for that sort of thing, for CVS checkouts, and for my own projects. But I'm the only one using this workstation. On a multi-user machine, you might want to create per-user directories up in "/usr/local/src/<user>", OR just let them work from inside their $HOME/src directory. -- Those who do not study Lisp are doomed to reimplement it - Poorly. A few months in the laboratory often saves several hours at the library. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom)