On 18/07/2008, Filipe Brandenburger <filbranden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:44, Alan Bartlett <ajb.stxsl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Have you fully researched what currently is present in the WIki? > > > http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/YumAndRPM#head-d2b0e7b7f3943ba0f8d08f9cfa46e821ba74aff4 > > Yes, but this is just a small introduction about how to do it, and in > a way which is not consistent (the commands are not exactly the same) > as: > > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/I_need_the_Kernel_Source#head-a8dae925eec15786df9f6f8c918eff16bf67be0d > > Note that none of these articles are about building RPMs anyway, one > is a kind of FAQ on Yum and RPM and the second one is on building your > own kernel. The second reference you have quoted actually details how to obtain the Kernel Sources and set up the build tree in a consistent fashion for subsequent usage (covered in two other articles). > Have you replied to Russ Herrold's comment? Perhaps I missed it. > > No, but others did and I agree with their comments. I think it would have been polite of you to have responded to Russ' comments. (Speaking as an Englishman.) Basically I think that pointers to the outside are not that good > because they not necessarily contain CentOS specific information. The main link that Akemi and I currently have in Kernel Sources and Custom Kernel is to the (maintained) CentOS specific Owl River page ( http://www.owlriver.com/tips/non-root/). The other link, in the Custom Kernel article, (http://howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_centos/) is mentioned to strongly dissuade its use. <snip> Anyway, building RPMs is something I learned the hard way because > there is no one-stop easily-understandable comprehensive but > howto-like document, and that is what I was trying to address. But > it's your decision as to if the idea of creating this on CentOS wiki > has merits or not. Perhaps you would care to draft out what you have in mind. I hope you will not take offence at this (for none is intended) but in view of your use of the English language - taking the two above sentences as an example - (baring in mind that English is the main language of the CentOS Wiki), what you write may well need to be re-edited by a native English speaker. I would be willing to assist you with that. Russ, Ralph and Akemi - do you have any comments, please? Alan. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-docs/attachments/20080719/484350b1/attachment.htm
