Untarred naming scheme of Linux kernels

Perry Harrington (pedward@sun4.apsoft.com)
Mon, 2 Feb 1998 09:54:15 -0800 (PST)

Every time I untar a new kernel, the default name of the kernel directory
is "linux". This plays havoc because I have to remeber to nuke the
symlink for "linux" in /usr/src. The real problem arises when we have a
sysdamin (formerly untrained in Linux) upgrade the kernel on various
machines, he unwittingly overwrites the existing kernel directory.

Anyhow, would it be possible (oh lord and master of Linux ;) to tar up
the kernel directory rather than the symlink?
Eg: tar -zcvf linux-2.0.33.tar.gz linux.2.0.33

Please, pretty please? :)

--Perry

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