mv linux linux-<current.version>
ln -s linux-<current.version> linux
give your fingers some excercise. I wonder what people are going
to want next, the computer to code for them?
--Jauder
On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Systemkennung Linux wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > >> BTW, does anybody know, why all kernel versions reside in
> > >> a linux dircetory and not in linux-version?
> >
> > Presumably because of the symlinks from something like
> > "/usr/src/linux/i386-asm" to "/usr/include/asm" and "/root/Linux" to "
> > /usr/src/linux" i guess..
>
> Simply because Linus does his personal development in /usr/src/linux/.
>
> I personally'd much prefer to distribute the sources in in a directory
> linux-<version> and to symlink /usr/src/linux to the actual sourcetree
> in use. This would then also be a bit more consistent with the
> GNU coding standards which are already being used by lots of other
> Linux related software, not only GNU stuff.
>
> Ralf
>
>