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Old 08-13-2008, 04:17 PM
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Can ne one tell that what is the benefit of installing kernel sources in /usr/src directory while installing asterisk on centOS?
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I don't have much idea about asterisk, but generally you will have kernel sources only if you wan't to compile a custom kernel for some specific purpose.
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