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authorBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2015-04-17 17:38:51 +0000
committerBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2015-04-17 17:38:51 +0000
commit1c5e4348ae0513c30121e311ddc9366a1a86c9d9 (patch)
tree654e5cddf48df02ee3820b1f0522df4622e82eaf
parentf96d87325390772b25a51b23506764d5c1d34c67 (diff)
Add a note that deleting the kernel source after building
is not necessary. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@10891 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
-rw-r--r--chapter08/kernel.xml15
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml
index c8e3a9698..e56ba2917 100644
--- a/chapter08/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml
@@ -202,10 +202,17 @@ cp -r Documentation/* /usr/share/doc/linux-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
on the machine. That person would then have write access to the kernel
source.</para>
- <para>If the kernel source tree is going to be retained, run
- <command>chown -R 0:0</command> on the <filename
- class="directory">linux-&linux-version;</filename> directory to ensure
- all files are owned by user <emphasis>root</emphasis>.</para>
+ <note>
+ <para>In many cases, the configuration of the kernel will need to be
+ updated for packages that will be installed later in BLFS. Unlike
+ other packages, it is not necessary to remove the kernel source tree
+ after the newly built kernel is installed.</para>
+
+ <para>If the kernel source tree is going to be retained, run
+ <command>chown -R 0:0</command> on the <filename
+ class="directory">linux-&linux-version;</filename> directory to ensure
+ all files are owned by user <emphasis>root</emphasis>.</para>
+ </note>
<warning>
<para>Some kernel documentation recommends creating a symlink from