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Apparently, though unproven, at 11:46 on Saturday 11 September 2010, Albert |
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Hopkins did opine thusly: |
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> On Sat, 2010-09-11 at 10:24 +0200, Stéphane Guedon wrote: |
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> > few months ago, I read linux kernel in a nutschell(sic), and the author |
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> > wrote we shouldn't do kernel operations (config and build) as root. |
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> I call bullsh*t. I've been compiling kernels for 17 years and for the |
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> most part have done it as root without any problems. |
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Same here. |
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The root user (sometimes portage) creates /usr/src/linux-* |
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Someone tell me again exactly how user alan is supposed to build those |
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sources? |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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