To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
From: Dan Stromberg <dstromberglists@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Building a kernel-source RPM (not a kernel RPM)?
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:49:32 -0700
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:13:41 -0700, Dan Stromberg wrote:

> 
> I sent this to kernel newbies first, and while I got one response there,
> it answered a different question than the one I was asking...
> 
> I'm on a SuSE system.
> 
> I'm working on automating the install of said system, but it needs a
> Linus kernel - 2.6.21.7 specifically, and it needs kernel source too so
> that we can build modules in the field as needed.
> 
> I see you can make an rpm of a bootable kernel with "make rpm".
> 
> Is there a streamlined way of building a corresponding kernel-source
> RPM?  Or do people pretty much all just dump the source in /usr/src, and
> manually update symlinks as needed?  If the latter, what symlinks need
> to be updated?

Please note that I don't mean just a .src.rpm.

Also, I probably should point out that I've spent a couple of hours
googling about this, and am not finding much.


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