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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:30:36 +0100
From: Samuel Maftoul <maftoul@esrf.fr>
To: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: make rpm is not documented
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 03:22:35PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Second stuff, make rpm don't work for me on suse's kernel.
> 
> Ask SuSE 8)
> 
> > Didn't yet watched what is the problem, but seems to be related with
> > EXTRAVERSION or something like this.
> 
> At least some versions of the script didnt like multiple '-' symbols. 
> Gerald Britton fixed this for 2.4.18
I'm using unstable suse kernel wich is merged from 1st March up to
2.4.19pre1aa
The patch don't seem to work , but I won't bother you with this stuff as
this is some specific suse Makefile ( EXTRAVERSION is set to nothing but
it has another way to fill it , later in their Makefile )
> Basically the thing works with
> 
> make config/menuconfig/xconfig
> if you use make menu/xconfig then run make oldconfig (I dont trust xconfig..)
Neither I  ;-)
> make rpm
> 
> [wait.. wait.. wait.. ]
> 
> rpm --install
> 
> add to lilo.conf
> 
> enjoy
        Sam
PS: Thanks for answering
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