[Gllug] Compiling Debian Woody (not)

[Andrew Halliwell]

And verily, didst Peter Ball announce to the hordes:
> extract the kernel sources:
>  
> tar xIf /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.22.tar.bz2
> 
> but this comes up with error message:
> 
> tar: Warning the -I option is not supported; perhaps you meant -j or -T

Yess.... tar went through a stage where there were multiple varying switches
to unbzip a tar file. -I and -j were the most common, so FINALLY it seems
that they've decided on a standard switch...

oh, and I'd recommend changing to the /usr/src/ directory before untarring.
Otherwise the files will be untarred whereever you happen to be at the time,
so...

cd /usr/src
tar jxvf /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.22.tar.bz2
(Although you may find the 2.4.x kernels less troublesome, depending on your
hardware).

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