rpm -On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 13:24 -0600, lin q wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to build a minimal Linux from source code. I am not following > Linux From Scratch as my purpose is not to have a fully functional build, > just for educational purpose. So I am following "Build a Mimimal Linux > System from Source Code' which is recommended in LFS document. > > One of the 1st steps is to run MAKEDEV. My machine has Fedora Core 1 > installed, so I got to FC1 download site and get MAKEDEV-3.3.8 source code > package, and now the questions are; > > 1) From what I see MAKEDEV version seems the latest is 1.7, on some site I > do see 2.x, but I never see version 3. Then where does this version 3.3.8 > come from? Is it a special version from RedHat? > > 2) After unzip the package I see the files are like this, > <root> > COPYING MAKEDEV.spec genataraid genida > MAKEDEV.c Makefile gencciss makedev.d > MAKEDEV.m devices.txt gendac960 mksock.c > <root>/makedev.d > 00macros ia64 linux-2.2.x raid > std_s390 > cdrom ibcs linux-2.4.x redhat > undocumented > console ide linux1394 s390 > usb > ftape ipfilter mouse sound > v4l > generic isdn qic std > > I can not see README file detailing how I should build/install. I > take a look at the Makefile, it seems I should do the followinf steps: > > export DESTDIR=/mnt/mybld > make > make install Most of the information you are looking for is probably in the src.rpm that you unpacked; specifically, in the spec file. There you should find where the source code came from, possibly a URL, and also the sequence of instructions used to build the binary RPM (see the %prep, %build and %install sections). Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
