Needed: An easier way to build a subset of kernel packages

[Jarod Wilson]

Dave Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 02:06:58PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>  > Dave Jones wrote:
>  > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 01:41:45PM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
>  > >  > I was thinking about adding something like this to the .spec file
>  > >  > at the beginning:
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > %define allowup 1
>  > >  > %define allowsmp 1
>  > >  > %define allowpae 1
>  > >  > %define allowxen 1
>  > >  > %define allowdoc 1
>  > >  > %define allowdump 1
>  > >  > %define allowheaders 1
>  > >  > %define allowdebug 1
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > Then, after all the automatic enable/disable of various options is done,
>  > >  > turn off everything that's not allowed.
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > This would make it much easier to change what gets built.
>  > > 
>  > > The amount of %define's we've grown recently does seem to be
>  > > getting out of hand. I'm not sure it's a good/bad thing, but it
>  > > does make the spec a little harder to read.
>  > > 
>  > > Not sure about your proposal tbh.  I'll think about it more
>  > > when I'm back from vacation :)
>  > 
>  > I like it, at least in theory. Invariably, I'll do a test build, and to
>  > speed the process, I twiddle bits at the top of the spec to disable
>  > certain builds. In the i686 case, I almost always forget to hunt down
>  > lower to turn off pae.
> 
> I probably don't really notice, because my workflow for test builds is usually
> make prep
> cd kernel-2.6.20/linux-2.6.20.noarch
> cp configs/$whateverconfigIwant .config
> make oldconfig bzImage modules
> sudo make modules_install install
> 
> But I've not objection to making it easier for people who don't follow
> my workflow and do things differently.

Rather than wasting Chuck's time implementing this, what say a
lower-level grunt like myself try to implement something along these
lines? :) I've got a few ideas on how to do it using either %bcond or
%with{,out}...


-- 
Jarod Wilson
jwilson at redhat.com


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