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Subject: what is the meaning of  " mkdir linux-build"?
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:59:01 +0800
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  I found these commands:
  $> tar -xvzf libosip-0.X.X.tar.gz
  $> mkdir linux-build
  $> cd linux-build
  $> ../libosip-0.X.X/configure
  $> make
  $> make install


Can you tell me why he "mkdir linux-build" and "cd linux-build"?
Why not he directly "cd libosip-0.X.X" and "./configure".