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On Friday 02 May 2003 02:59 pm, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote:
> I ran "make rpm".
>
> After much time, the build fails with this:
> Processing files: kernel-debuginfo-2.4.209custom-2
> error: Could not open %files file
> /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.4.209custom/debugfiles.list: No such
> file or directory
Hi Bret,
I'll ignore all the other replies on the topic, and address the problem
you asked about in the first place. ;)
What you are trying to do is possible. (and you have done it correctly)
"spec" and "rpm" are valid targets in the kernel Makefile.
> RPM build errors:
> Could not open %files file
> /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.4.209custom/debugfiles.list: No such
> file or directory
> make: *** [rpm] Error 1
> [root@xxxxxxx linux-2.4]# ls /usr/src
RPM auto generates a debug.rpm by default. It's failing here for some
reason. You can try:
# echo "%debug_package %{nil}" >> ~/.rpmmacros
# cd /usr/src/linux-2.4
# make rpm
(I don't like building rpms as root, but that's another rant.)
> My understanding was making the custom kernel as an rpm allows the Red
> Hat upgrade mechanism to continue working, and I thought I'd try that.
>
> Can anyone tell me what to do to make "make rpm" work, or perhaps what
> I should be doing instead?
'make rpm' is as straightforward as any other method, I suppose.
Others have suggested installing kernel-something.src.rpm. That works as
well, but is a little complicated if you actually want to make a change
to a config file. You have to install the package, generate a config for
your setup, figure out how to force the use of your config file during
the build process...
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