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diff --git a/chapter05/kernelheaders-inst.xml b/chapter05/kernelheaders-inst.xml index dac03be82..96f629dd0 100644 --- a/chapter05/kernelheaders-inst.xml +++ b/chapter05/kernelheaders-inst.xml @@ -3,27 +3,11 @@ <sect2> <title>Installation of the kernel headers</title> -<para>We won't be compiling a new kernel yet -- we'll do that when we have -finished the installation of all the packages. But as some packages need the -kernel header files, we're going to unpack the kernel archive now, set it up -and copy the header files so they can be found by these packages.</para> - -<para>It is important to note that the files in the kernel source directory -are not owned by <emphasis>root</emphasis>. Whenever you unpack a package as -user <emphasis>root</emphasis> (like we do here inside chroot), the files end -up having the user and group IDs of whatever they were on the packager's -computer. This is usually not a -problem for any other package you install because you remove the source -tree after the installation. But the Linux kernel source tree is often kept -around for a long time, so there's a chance that whatever user ID the packager -used will be assigned to somebody on your machine and then that person would -have write access to the kernel source.</para> - -<para>In light of this, you might want to run <userinput>chown -R 0:0</userinput> -on the <filename>linux-&kernel-version;</filename> directory -to ensure all files are owned by user <emphasis>root</emphasis>.</para> - -<para>Prepare for header installation:</para> +<para>As some packages need to refer to the kernel header files, we're going +to unpack the kernel archive now, set it up, and copy the required files to a +place where <userinput>gcc</userinput> can later find them.</para> + +<para>Prepare for the header installation with:</para> <para><screen><userinput>make mrproper</userinput></screen></para> @@ -41,7 +25,7 @@ symlink:</para> <para><screen><userinput>make symlinks</userinput></screen></para> -<para>Install the platform specific-header files:</para> +<para>Install the platform-specific header files:</para> <para><screen><userinput>mkdir /stage1/include/asm cp include/asm/* /stage1/include/asm |