On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 18:25 -0500, Jay Cliburn wrote: > Xavier Toth wrote: > > I downloaded the rawhide kernel sources and tried to make a i686 rpm. > > Following the instructions on > > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc6test2/ I ran 'rpmbuild > > -bp --target i686 kernel-2.6.spec' then copied > > configs/kernel-2.6.17-i686.config to .config and edited the Makefile > > changing EXTRAVERSION = -prep to EXTRAVERSION = -1.2647.fc6. I then > > did a 'make oldconfig' (unclear why this is necessary since the copied > > a prebuilt config file already) and then 'make rpm'. The result of the > > make is rpmbuild/RPMS/i386/kernel-2.6.171.2647.fc6-1.i386.rpm and > > there are several issues with this: > > 1) a i386 rpm was produced not a i686 rpm > > 2) the EXTRAVERSION losses its '-' and so is run up against the kernel > > version in the file name '2.6.171.2647.fc6' > > > > Are the instruction correct? Are these bugs in the build system? > > > > Ted > > > > Despite what anyone on this list tells you to the contrary, the dash _will_ be > removed when you run "make rpm". > See ~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-<vers>/linux-<vers>/scripts/package/Makefile at line 30. > > Also see this thread. > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-August/msg00272.html > > So yes, the Release Notes are incorrect. You need to use a period, not a dash, > in the EXTRAVERSION field if you intend to "make rpm". The Release Notes don't address specifically building a new kernel RPM. The typical Fedora-specific way for building the kernel AIUI would be to use rpmbuild and the specfile, as for other RPMs. Doing so makes EXTRAVERSION work as expected, and (when using --target=i686) generates the expected .i686.rpm kernel(s). I'll add a sentence or two to the Release Notes that discusses this. -- Paul W. Frields, RHCE http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 Fedora Project Board: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board Fedora Docs Project: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject
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