On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Satish Balay wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Tony Denault wrote:
>
> >
> > I needed to recompile the kernel for an inhouse development project.
> > Following the threads _almost_ told me what to do. I'll posted
> > how I got the kernel source install, compile and running
> > reference. Or please correct any error....thanks,
a short digression -- most of the solutions for installing and
building source rpms require the root password since the rpm-related
commands, by default, like to unload source rpms in /usr/src/redhat.
barf.
you're better off creating a personal .rpmmacros file that overrides
that silliness so that these operations happen under your home
directory. you'd still need root privilege to *install* a new kernel,
but at least you can do everything else as a regular user.
here's a quick and dirty example of a ~/.rpmmacros file, customize to
taste:
=====
# Packaging info.
%packager %(echo ${USER}@)%(hostname)
%distribution Personal Build
# Fundamental directory locations.
%_topdir %(echo $HOME)/build/rpms
%_sourcedir %{_topdir}/SOURCES
%_specdir %{_sourcedir}
%_builddir %{_topdir}/BUILD
%_tmppath %{_topdir}/tmp
#
# this next line shouldn't be necessary
#
%tmpdir %{_topdir}/tmp
%_buildroot %{_topdir}/%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
%_rpmdir %{_topdir}/RPMS
%_srcrpmdir %{_topdir}/SRPMS
%_rpmfilename %%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.%%{ARCH}.rpm
# Override unpackaged errors.
%_unpackaged_files_terminate_build 0
=====
rday
