Re: [PATCH] fast-build.sh rpmbuild combo for faster compilation

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On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 09:15:52PM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 12:42:59PM -0700, Miguel Flores Silverio wrote:
> >> Signed-off-by: Miguel Flores Silverio <floresmigu3l@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  scripts/fast-build.sh | 13 +++++++++++++
> >>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> >>  create mode 100755 scripts/fast-build.sh
> >
> > You're busy eliminating pointless scripts, and then adding another one in
> > their place right here. :)
> 
> Actually, this isn't pointless at all.
> 
> > Just use the baseonly target in the spec, possibly with a patch to have
> > that also disable tools building to get exactly what you were after here.
> > Or add a target similar to baseonly for fastbuild.
> 
> That could be done, but then people have to know all the various
> rpmbuild switches.  It's a pain.  From a novice user experience, it's
> very difficult to figure out.  You have to know that target exists,
> which means reading the spec, which means understanding the spec,
> which is easy for you and I but is impossible as a _starting_ point.
> 
> The purpose of the script is to give someone that just wants to build
> a kernel without all the crap a very easy thing to run.  The intended
> user isn't us.  It's so that we don't have to explain how to do it
> over and over (or point people to a confusing wiki page) to people
> that don't live in the kernel spec.

Fair enough, though are people really needing to build custom kernels that
often? (It's quite likely I'm out of touch with reality). :)

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