Why do people compile Fedora kernels?

[Hoyt Duff]

On Sunday 16 November 2003 02:09 pm, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> As a matter of interest,
> why do people undergo so much pain compiling Fedora's special kernels?

Because:

1) Fedora leaves the as-installed kernel source tree in a state that makes it 
easier to compile additional modules, but not to compile a new kernel without 
doing a "make mrproper" first.
2) The kernel must be compiled with a non-default version of GCC and unless 
you know the magic incantation, a compile will fail. (export CC=gcc32)
3) This stuff is not in BOLD in the Release Notes (although nobody seems to 
read them anyway), so few people know these facts.

It's a receipe for pain.

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Hoyt