On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 10:37:19PM -0500, David Cary Hart wrote: > The config files, themselves have a "DO NOT EDIT" legend. Text editing > these is perilous because they are ambiguous. Moreover, using the Linux > tools (make config or make menuconfig) eliminates the potential for > selecting mutually exclusive options. In addition, the Linux tools > automatically add dependent options. You cannot do either by editing a > text file. Okay, that all sounds reasonable, but must be missing something here in your chain of logic getting from this to your complaint. Why not use the config tools? > Kernel rpm builds are different from most other rpm builds. In most > other cases, customizing the package means customizing the ./configure > options which are clearly apparent in the spec file. That's simply not > the case with kernels. In most cases that I deal with, customizing the package means adding additional patches or source files. The kernel RPM is kind of big and crazy, but fundamentally no different in this respect. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
