On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 07:43:48PM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Is there somewhere I can find the source used to build the kernel RPMs > available when updates occur? Not the naked source and hundreds of > patches, but the real source in /usr/src/kernels which seems to be what > interesting kernel features want? I really want to try KVM, having > decided that xen just isn't working on FC6 with selinux functional. Install the source rpm, then run rpmbuild -bp to get an unpacked tree with the patches applied. This *is* the real source. > Trying to guess what patches were applied, in what order, and build > source and kernel from scratch is a long painful process I really don't > need. It sure would be painful if you guessed. But why guess when there's a file which tells you exactly how they're applied (the spec file), and tools for using that file? > Moreover, it appears that the RPM kernl binaries are built with a > compiler other than the default gcc4.x or the "compat" gcc3.x. I don't think so. Fedora has always been self-hosting -- everything you need to build the distro is in the distro. > I assume that the real source is available somewhere. Yes, as above. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
