Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i don't understand -- configuring and building kernels as a non-root > user in one's home directory is a well-established tradition, and > generally recommended. why are you so bitterly opposed to it? your > objections seem to be kind out of proportion to what is a fairly tame > practice. I'm not "bitterly opposed to it". I don't care where you compile your kernels. I _am_ opposed to people giving misleading advice to newbies. Personally, I only keep my own material in my home directory, so I can easily back it up with rsync. However, I wouldn't suggest that is the "correct" thing to do. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
