On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 16:16 +1000, Steffen Kluge wrote: > On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 15:26, clemens@xxxxxxx wrote: > > I can untar the source, but do I then apply the patches one > > by one? Considering the naming convention that doesnt seem > > likely. I would have expected script or instructions in > > there somewhere explaining what to do with this to get the > > 435 sources. > > Everything you could possibly want to do with the source rpm is built > into rpm/rpmbuild. Untarring, patching, configuring, compiling, > packaging. Read the manual pages. > > However, if you just want to build a new kernel from source the package > you want is kernel-sourcecode-2.6.6-1.435.noarch.rpm. It'll put the 435 > kernel into /usr/src/linux-2.6.6-1.435/ where you can go about > configuring and compiling it, just like you would with an untarred > kernel source from kernel.org. except that it already has all the patches applied. > > The kernel-*.src.rpm is meant for building a binary kernel package. but can also use "make rpm" in the /usr/src/linux-2.6.6-1.435/ directory after customizing .config if you want an rpm install of your custom kernel. Phil
