On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 08:18:57PM +0200, Axel Thimm wrote: > On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 10:42:53AM -0700, Per Bjornsson wrote: > > Now, I could agree that given a kernel-devel package it would be > > possible to build any correctly written module without including the > > files again in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build, but that is the > > officially documented way of doing it and it would be a shame to > > break the official convention. The alternative would be a symlink of > > course, but then you're forcing everyone who wants to do a quick > > module build to include the stuff needed for all architectures > > (since that's what's in the hypothetical kernel-devel package). > > But that is exactly the point of discussion. A kernel-devel package > should be per kernel version, arch and flavour, not a > conglomerate. That way you both have less bloat and it is universal to > be extended to arbitrary kernel, e.g. ones in future errata, custom > kernels and so on. > > The all-errata-in-one package would need extra maintainance from a > central place, and would only allow building for the given set of > kernels. > > So with kernel-2.6.8-9.8.7.i686.rpm you get a symlink > > /lib/modules/2.6.8-9.8.7/build -> /usr/src/kernel-headers/2.6.8-9.8.7.i686 > > And kernel-devel-2.6.8-9.8.7.i686.rpm contains the headers in > /usr/src/kernel-headers/2.6.8-9.8.7.i686 > > A kernel module src.rpm BuildRequires kernel-devel >= 2.6.0, you drop > one (or more) of the various kernel-devel packages and point the > rpmbuild to it like > > rpmbuild --rebuild --define 'kernel 2.6.8-9.8.7' --target i686 foo-kmdl-1.2.3-4.5.6.src.rpm > (perhaps the target option could even be skipped) > > and this builds > > kernel-module-foo-2.6.8-9.8.7-1.2.3-4.5.6.i686.rpm > > That's all, folks! > -- > Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net I like this idea. I like this idea a lot. I think it makes the most since. It would be less long term maintenance to have the kernel-devel package a subpackage of kernel rather than maintaining a separate kernel-devel package no matter what collection of kernel headers it contains. Jack -- Jack Neely <slack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Realm Linux Administration and Development PAMS Computer Operations at NC State University GPG Fingerprint: 1917 5AC1 E828 9337 7AA4 EA6B 213B 765F 3B6A 5B89
