On 5/24/07, dcw <dwoody1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thursday 24 May 2007 1:37 pm, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On 5/24/07, dcw <dwoody1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > (1) prepare .spec by removing lines from %prep > > > (2) rpmbuild -bp kernel-2.6.spec > > > (3) go to BUILD (where .config is) > > > (4) make xconfig > > > (5) add # i386 to .config as the first line > > > (6) copy this .config back to SOURCES (using the original name > > > xxx.config) > > >(7) rpmbuild -ba kernel-2.6.spec > > > Or, instead of steps (5) to (7), just run: > > > > I did 5 and 6 anyway, assuming that in the worst case they were not > > needed and would do no harm. I then did 'rpmbuild -bc ...' as below. Does the rpmbuild -bc work only in the BUILD directory? Or does it work in the SOURCE directory?
You can run it from anywhere as far as you use the full path.
Will doing step 5 and 6 cause any problems?
No. In fact, you do need these steps before running rpmbuild -bc. As I wrote earlier, you can skip these steps IF you run rpmbuild with the --short-circuit flag. The flag prevents rpmbuild from running the %prep stage, therefore the .config file does not need the # i386 line any more and there is no need to copy it back to SOURCE.
> > It was working until gpg had a segfault. From some of the emails I have > > been reading this is a known problem that has not been fixed yet. > >
There is sigmodules in several places in the SPEC file. The first one is set to '0' but the others are not. I prefer not setting singmodules to '0' unless I know what the risks are.
I don't really know if there are any serious cosequencies because of this, so I cannot advise here.
The last time I recompiled a kernel was when it was at 2.4.x. Is there a way to compile the kernel without using rpmbuild?
Yes, although I don't recommend it. If you are really determined to do it, I suggest you do a through study on kernel building. Compilation itself could be as simple as copying the entire source directory to a place and running a series of make commands (make, make modules_install make install). Depending on how you get the .config file, you may or may not need to run a ARCH=i386 make oldconfig before make menuconfig, etc, etc.
> By the way, Johnny Hughes has kindly checked the above procedure and > said, "that's what I do." This is a big assurance. I agree that your > goal is almost there. This is good, but what does he do to avoid segfaults?
I have not seen segfaults myself. It is possible that he has not, either.
Thanks, David
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