[CentOS-docs] Suggestions on "I Need the Kernel Source" Wiki pages
Akemi Yagi
amyagi at gmail.comSun Jul 13 05:02:09 UTC 2008
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On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Scott Robbins <scottro at nyc.rr.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 09:11:10PM -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: >> There is one (minor) problem with using the $() notation. That is, it >> does not work in *cough* csh. I said "minor" because (t)csh users are >> minority. Anyway, back ticks work regardless of the shell used. > > Well, I'll be darned. You're right. (I just tried it.) > > As you might imagine, I've never used csh for scripts. >> P.S. Please do not start the shell war (or c-shell bashing). OK, Evolution? > > Nope, not me. FreeBSD, FWIW, still has it as root's default shell, Well, at my work place, a new Unix account is created with c-shell as the default. > Perhaps then, it is worth adding a line or two explaining that these are > backticks, (and possible even mentioning where they are on the QWERTY > keyboard.) The newcomer is often going to assume that they're single > quotes. > > Scott Robbins When I come to think about it, building a custom kernel is not really for people who require help at that level. Not that I am discouraging it but, especially in CentOS, this kind of practice should be done by those who know very well what they are doing. For one thing, they cannot expect official support from CentOS. For another, they may well break their system. If this sounds too harsh, I apologize. However, I want to add that CentOS community members do help each other for matters that may be outside the areas of official support by the CentOS team. The CentOS forums or mailing list are there for everyone to participate in. Akemi -- almost forgetting the fact this is the -docs mailing list...
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