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Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: sudo in kernel config ?
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On 09/11/2010 01:18 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:

> The root user (sometimes portage) creates /usr/src/linux-*
>
> Someone tell me again exactly how user alan is supposed to build those
> sources?

 From the kernel README:

    To configure and build the kernel use:
    cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.N
    make O=/home/name/build/kernel menuconfig
    make O=/home/name/build/kernel