Thanks a million, Brian; that's exactly the sort of documentation I was
looking for.
At first glance, the following looks scary:
<quote>
Does it work with yum?
* Not perfectly (yet). We need a plugin for yum that will handles
some special cases for kernel module packages.
</quote>
I've heard and read this before in other contexts, so I'm assuming this
is a typical problem at this point in time. However, so long as an RPM
built in this fashion doesn't *break* yum, that should be good enough
for my purposes.
It also appears that the SRPM needs to be modified for each and every
kernel version against which the module is to be built; this seems
unfortunate to me, if not really a problem per se.
At any rate, I'll comb through the link in more detail. Thanks again!
-Phil
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 15:40 -0500, Brian Long wrote:
> Phil Regier wrote:
>
> >When looking for information on proper kernel module SRPM packaging on
> >#centos, I was told that the real trick lies in proper interaction with
> >Yum -- i.e., proper placement of version strings, upgrade behavior, etc.
> >
> >I'm not terribly familiar with building SRPMs, let alone kernel-related
> >packages, but it makes sense that playing nice with Yum would be a very
> >good first priority when doing so. Are there established guidelines (or
> >better yet, specific HOWTOs) for assembling driver SRPMs to this
> >particular end?
> >
> >
> As a reference, the Fedora Extras Steering Committee has the following
> document:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/KernelModuleProposal
>
> Hope this helps a little.
>
> /Brian/
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