-----Original Message----- From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Feb 8, 2005 11:01 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Custom Kernel Creation Documentation Online David Cary Hart wrote: > I put up a page here: > > http://www.tqmcube.com/fc3_custom_kernel.htm > > I tried to provide a very simple to follow set of instructions. This is > one of those things that is far easier to do than to explain. > > I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE: Corrections, feedback, etc. Why use a user "nobody" for building the packages when there is already a user called "nobody" defined for a different purpose? Why not use, say, "rpmbuild" instead? Why chown system directories like /usr/src/redhat/* instead of just creating an rpm-build tree in the user's home directory? ------James' Reply----- (Stupid Web Mail system, I wish they would fix it.) Paul and David: I just tried to build the 2.6.11-rc3 kernel and it took about 1GB of space. I don't think we have user home directories with that amount of space (at least I don't). I am using a special partition to build my kernels in and that has plenty of space for kernel builds. That might be a better suggestion. Also, I agree, nobody is a special user and some folks have disabled/disallowed actions by this user. Paul's suggestion of 'rpmbuild' is a good one. -- James McKenzie A Proud User of Linux!
