Question about kernel compilation from wiki

Hello,
I compile kernel in line with arch wiki (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ker … rom_Source). In paragraph '2. With makepkg and pacman (Recommended)' are lines:
mv [kernel location]/* src/
cp -r [kernel location]/* src/
Does it make sense? First I move [kernel location] to src/ (I think it should be '/src/') and then I copy nonexistent [kernel location] to the same path.
Thanks
#edit:
I looked through word 'either' So now I'm not sure with this:
(my build directory is ~/kernelbuild)
1. in ~/kernelbuild create 'src' directory
2. copy ~/kernelbuild/linux-2.6.30.5/* src/
Am I right?
Last edited by cinan (2009-08-22 12:16:34)

Commands are correct, but as I said I was little confused about names/terms (eg kernel location-kernel source, making directory usr). I hope the wiki page will be more clear for users who never compiled custom kernel.

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