Re: kernel-update

Mr. James W. Laferriere Network Engineer (babydr@nwrain.net)
Wed, 2 Apr 1997 00:35:57 -0800 (PST)


Whack it out.... It's just usless now.

On Wed, 2 Apr 1997 inaninck@koha.koha.nl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> []>
> []>After a kernel-update, is it safe to remove the complete source-tree of
> []>the previous one?
> []>I usually work with the complete kernel-stuff, not the patches.
> []
> []Not really OK. You can make clean, but a few of the system utils on the net
> []need the .h files from the kernel, for example the new bash 2. You can make
> []clean to save 6-7 megs and then zip the source tree, unzipping if any app needs the include files.
> []
> []Star Destroyer.
>
> That was not really the question. When I had kernel-source 2.0.27 (which was
> a complete tree, I recall) I made a symlink from /usr/src/linux-2.0.27 to
> /usr/src/linux. Compiled to my needs and run it a few weeks.
> Then I installed the complete 2.0.28 tree, re-symlinked and
> compiled to my needs. In THAT case, my question is, can the 2.0.27 tree
> be removed, as /usr/src/linux now points to /usr/src/linux-2.0.28.
>
> Vriendelijke groeten/Best regards,
>
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Hth, JimL
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