On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 18:25 -0500, Jay Cliburn wrote:
Xavier Toth wrote:
> I downloaded the rawhide kernel sources and tried to make a i686 rpm.
> Following the instructions on
>
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc6test2/ I ran 'rpmbuild
> -bp --target i686 kernel-2.6.spec' then copied
> configs/kernel-2.6.17-i686.config to .config and edited the Makefile
> changing EXTRAVERSION = -prep to EXTRAVERSION = -1.2647.fc6. I then
> did a 'make oldconfig' (unclear why this is necessary since the copied
> a prebuilt config file already) and then 'make rpm'. The result of the
> make is rpmbuild/RPMS/i386/kernel-2.6.171.2647.fc6-1.i386.rpm and
> there are several issues with this:
> 1) a i386 rpm was produced not a i686 rpm
> 2) the EXTRAVERSION losses its '-' and so is run up against the kernel
> version in the file name '2.6.171.2647.fc6'
>
> Are the instruction correct? Are these bugs in the build system?
>
> Ted
>
Despite what anyone on this list tells you to the contrary, the dash _will_ be
removed when you run "make rpm".
See ~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-<vers>/linux-<vers>/scripts/package/Makefile at
line 30.
Also see this thread.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-August/msg00272.html
So yes, the Release Notes are incorrect. You need to use a period, not a dash,
in the EXTRAVERSION field if you intend to "make rpm".
The Release Notes don't address specifically building a new kernel RPM.
The typical Fedora-specific way for building the kernel AIUI would be to
use rpmbuild and the specfile, as for other RPMs. Doing so makes
EXTRAVERSION work as expected, and (when using --target=i686) generates
the expected .i686.rpm kernel(s). I'll add a sentence or two to the
Release Notes that discusses this.
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