On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 17:51:32 +0200 Panu Matilainen [Panu] wrote: Panu> On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 13:50, Alain TAUCH wrote: [...] Panu> > I think stephen made a rpm with both modules, using postinstall Panu> > scripts to see wether kernel or kernel + kernel-smp were installed Panu> > and install his modules accordingly (this is how I do it). Panu> Panu> Sure it might be easier to create the package that way but it's simply Panu> not going to work without some special case hacks in anaconda :-/ you just need your package to be installed after the kernel ones. seems reasonnable to me. Panu> > It is much more easier to make a single rpm for all kernels and include Panu> > it in kickstart than trying to install a rpm for kernel, kernel-smp, Panu> > kernel-bigmem and so on ... Panu> > I don t feel comfortable adding kernel-module-xxx, kernel-module-smp-xxx, Panu> > kernel-module-bigmem-xxx in my comps and install them 'just in case'. Panu> > Moreover, dependencies may force the installation of all kernels, Panu> > which is not what we want. Panu> > Panu> > Not sure this is the right place to discuss about this but I wonder Panu> > how people used to do this. Panu> Panu> External kernel module packaging is hideously difficult, if not damn Panu> right impossible to get 100% right. Witness the endless discussions on Panu> the topic in the fedora-devel archives both at Panu> http://www.fedora.us/pipermail/fedora-devel/ and Panu> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/ Panu> (sorry I don't have exact pointers to threads but Google will help you Panu> there) ok, I ll check that, thanks ;-) -- Alain
