if i might start a new thread related to this, it's possible to create "packages" of various formats from a stock kernel source tree: $ make help ... Kernel packaging: rpm-pkg - Build the kernel as an RPM package binrpm-pkg - Build an rpm package containing the compiled kernel and modules deb-pkg - Build the kernel as an deb package tar-pkg - Build the kernel as an uncompressed tarball targz-pkg - Build the kernel as a gzip compressed tarball tarbz2-pkg - Build the kernel as a bzip2 compressed tarball you can see how each of these is built in scripts/package/Makefile. i've only glanced at that Makefile but, personally, i'm a little put off by the fact that trying to build the rpm package first cleans my tree. i might give some thought to rewriting that Makefile to make it a little less destructive. rday -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list