Custom Kernel Creation Documentation Online

[Aleksandar Milivojevic]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> David Cary Hart wrote:
> 
>> I put up a page here:
>>
>>               http://www.tqmcube.com/fc3_custom_kernel.htm
>>
>> I tried to provide a very simple to follow set of instructions. This is
>> one of those things that is far easier to do than to explain.
>>
>> I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE: Corrections, feedback, etc.
> 
> 
> Why use a user "nobody" for building the packages when there is already 
> a user called "nobody" defined for a different purpose? Why not use, 
> say, "rpmbuild" instead?
> 
> Why chown system directories like /usr/src/redhat/* instead of just 
> creating an rpm-build tree in the user's home directory?

Exactly what I wanted to comment.  .rpmmacros should include line like this:

%_topdir /home/amilivojevic/rpm

Than, you don't need to change ownership on system files/directories.

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