On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 dsavage(a)peaknet.net wrote:
>>Probably looked at an old
kernel.org Makefile. Here's
current pieces:
[snip]
>>So you can see that rpmbuild is accounted for.
>
> Ah. I never didn't know such targets even existed. Then again I
> haven't looked at the kernel Makefile in an enormously long time
> either. ;o)
>
> Oddly, I'm able to compile kernels left right and center whenever
> desired, patched or unpatched, in rpm format or stock tarballs.
> I prefer our rpm based ones though. ;o)
Mike,
I definitely second the motion. If only 'make rpm' worked.
I've never heard of that before. I compile rpm kernels by
editing the kernel spec file, then typing:
rpmbuild -ba kernel-2.4.spec
just like any other package. Anyone else can do so also.
I've been trying since 2.5.62 with no luck. I upgraded three key
Shrike
rpms as recommended, yet every compile attempt aborts with a fatal error
during the 'make modules' subtask. Whenever I change the errant module
from "M" to "N" in .config and start over, the failure occurs
somewhere
else.
True frustration arrived when I found that 'make rpm' behaves as badly
when run against the Severn kernel-source rpm as it does using a
kernel.org tarball. Fewer "deprecated" warnings, but still.....
I'll download it and run it through rpm as described above.
--
Mike A. Harris
ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat