On Monday 17 May 2010, Bill Davidsen wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Saturday 15 May 2010, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: >>> On 05/15/2010 11:22 AM, reg@xxxxxxx wrote: >>>> I want to look at the individual files in a src rpm. >>>> How do I 'rip it apart' ?? >>> >>> rpm -qpl src.rpm >>> >>> should show you a list of the files in the RPM. When you "install" it, >>> they get installed in your rpmbuild sandbox under: SPECS and SOURCES >>> subdirectories. >>> >>>> Doing an install doesnt seem to be the answer, It does something, but I >>>> have no idea where the bits and pieces are going. >>>> They are NOT in /usr/src/redhat nor in /root/rpmbuild. >>> >>> You really shouldn't be playing with source RPMs as root. Look in your >>> user RPM sandbox: >> >> Then I'd suggest that doing so as a user be made possible. I think its >> asinine that I am prevented from building my kernels as a user, simply >> because mkinird cannot be made to run if you are not root. > >You don't need mkinitrd to build a kernel, you need it to *install* a > kernel, two different operations. After you do the make you can make > modules_install and install with the -n option (if you wish) to inspect > what they will do, or just "su -c "make modules_install modules" >after the build is done. Clarify here: I can do all that as the user. What I can't do, until somebody decides to fix mkinitrd, is to run it as the user. That is my specific bitch. And I think its perfectly valid. mkinitrd simply will not run for anybody but root. >You didn't ask: I run my build in a script command, so I have the details > of any error messages. So do I, rigged so any error stops it right there, rather than having the error scroll off screen while I'm tending to an empty coffee cup. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If God had intended Man to Walk, He would have given him Feet. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
