kernel-2.6.11-1.1166_FC4.src.rpm

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Fri Mar 4 03:24:24 UTC 2005


On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 09:55:54PM -0500, David Cary Hart wrote:
> No. What has been widely discussed is the elimination of the pre-
> compiled kernel-source. HOWEVER, I have always been able to compile the
> kernel-source myself from the src.rpm. The current src.rpm does not have
> the code necessary for creating kernel-source. There is no way to
> customize the FC4 kernel without hacking the config files which is a
> VERY bad idea.

I don't get it -- you're already rebuilding the kernel source RPM. Why is it
even a slightly bad idea to add your customizations at that level? Sounds
like a _excellent_ idea, in fact.

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