On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 15:10 -0600, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 14:32, Chuck R. Anderson wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 01:58:40PM -0600, Bret Hughes wrote: > > > Since there does not seem to be a kernel-source rpm anymore, is there an > > > rpm to install the kernel source for ppc? I installed kernel-devel but > > > i do not see a configs dir like I am used to so I can start with the > > > config that is on the running kernel. has this process changed or are > > > the test packages just not there yet. > > > > Install the src.rpm instead. Then look in /usr/src/redhat/* > > > > OK, Thanks. Is this setup a done deal? If you are wanting to build > something that relies on the kernel source tree, I assume that a > rpm-build -p SPECS/kernel-version and > ln -s /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-version /usr/src/linux > would provide the needed tree? > > What a pita. From reading rpm-qi kernel-devel, the kernel-devel package > is equiv. to the old kernel-headers? > > I an sure there is a reason to do it this way but I am not seeing it > unless RH is just trying to make it harder for folks to migrate here > from other distros. > > Sorry if this has been hashed out before I did not search the archives > before going off on this mini rant. > > Bret > I have my notes on when I went through something similar with x86_64 up here: http://crab-lab.zool.ohiou.edu/kevin/kernel-compilation-tutorial-en/ There's also some stuff up on the documentation project bugzilla.
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