well it's suposed to be known, almost every program( or every exept the comercial) for linux goes this way ./configure make make install , and when you are instaling binaries from rpm they are configured for the most common PC and then compiled with " make " installing the rpm = make install and smth of the kind should be mentioned somewhere , probably in README or INSTALL in the lvm dir IT3 Stuart B. Tener, USNR-R wrote: >Svetljo: > > Ah, that is wonderful to hear. Is there some reason why this is not noted in the How-To? Can we amend the How-To in order to document this information for first time implementers of this product? > > >Very Respectfully, > >Stuart Blake Tener, IT3, USNR-R, N3GWG >Beverly Hills, California >VTU 1904G (Volunteer Training Unit) >stuart@bh90210.net >west coast: (310)-358-0202 P.O. Box 16043, Beverly Hills, CA 90209-2043 >east coast: (215)-338-6005 P.O. Box 45859, Philadelphia, PA 19149-5859 > >Telecopier: (419)-715-6073 fax to email gateway via www.efax.com (it's free!) > >JOIN THE US NAVY RESERVE, SERVE YOUR COUNTRY, AND BENEFIT FROM IT ALL. > >Friday, September 14, 2001 5:23 PM > >-----Original Message----- >From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com]On Behalf Of svetljo >Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 3:13 PM >To: linux-lvm@sistina.com >Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Lock Patch > >i've forgoten > >>you saying that typing, "make" in the "PATCHES" directory will cause a patch to be generated specifically for my kernel? >> >thats actually the work of ./configure it trys to find out what you >have, and what you need >in PATCHES it chooses from all the patches the ones your kernel need , >and " make " put them together in one patch for your kernel > >>What name will it be given? >> The documentation says to add a dash dash kernel-dir= or something or other after the "./configure" command, are you saying it is better to use "./configure" absent that appended statement? >> Where do I untar the LVM source? Does it matter where I do so? May I do it in /tmp? >> >1 > > >_______________________________________________ >linux-lvm mailing list >linux-lvm@sistina.com >http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm >read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html >
