On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 21:02, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Jonathan Andrews <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > > I only mention this as im on my 10th pass at trying to build a core 1 > > kernel, so im not bitter ;-) What happens to the .configs RH use to > > build the kernel, the supplied ones are decoration and seem to be no use > > at all, or am I missing the point or just a plonker ? Please vote now ! > > rpm -ivh kernel-<version>.src.rpm > cd <rpm home>/SPECS > rpmbuild -bp --target=i686 kernel-2.6.spec > cd ../BUILD/kernel-<version>/linux-<version> > > The configs are in the (who'd have guessed it) configs directory of the > expanded source tree. Ok, Ok - so I am plonker ! What I take home is the message that to build a Redhat kernel I need to understand rpm ......
