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From: Bill Longman <bill.longman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] sudo in kernel config ?
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 16:37:04
Message-Id: AANLkTimYc=jezS0k6aKmGaeYny3GfT31XrKOjmLjottQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] sudo in kernel config ? by Gregory Shearman
1 > I agree there's no point in using sudo, but what's the problem? You
2 > don't need to edit the kernel sources merely to build a new kernel. You
3 > can build your kernel outside the tree using for example:
4 > make O=/home/user/kernel/tree/ menuconfig
5 > make O=/home/user/kernel/tree/
6 >
7 >
8 This is how I do it, too, when testing the kernel before I do it for real.
9 This way, the code stays owned by root and I can make to my hearts content,
10 with different kernels going into different directories that I control.
11
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13 Bill Longman