Re: /boot/kernel.h issues

[Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch dell com>]

On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 02:38:46PM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 14:21 -0600, Stanley, Jon wrote:
> > Unfortuantely, you have to use hp-OpenIPMI for management of the new
> > iLO2 based systems (360/380 G5).
> > 
> > I don't have a system handy to test this on, but I've dissected the RPM
> > mentioned, and it *attempts* to clean up after itself - look in the
> > hp-OpenIPMI.mk in /opt/hp/hp-OpenIPMI <rant>(which gets copied to just
> > Makefile in %post - ARRRRGGGGHHHH!  Don't vendors understand what RPM is
> > *for*???)</rant>.  
> 
> also it's generally silly what they do; you can do exactly the same with
> a few additions to CFLAGS which are just an option to the "make" you're
> calling ANYWAY.. without having to go through great lengths to destroy
> the integrity of the existing system..

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