How does one install kernel*.src.rpm ?

[Peter Reed]

Peter Reed wrote:

> Stuart Sears wrote:
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>> Peter Reed enlightened us with the following gems on 23/10/05 17:11:
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>>> akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
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>>>> An alternative is to run: rpmbuild --rpmbuild  ..src.rpm (i.e, source
>>>> rpm)
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>>>> The goal is to end up with a regular rpm file which could be installed
>>>> with the rpm command in the usual way.
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>>> I have benn trying the same thing to install the kernel sources and 
>>> keep
>>> coming up with the same or either way you do the rpmbuild.
>>> error: line 155: Illegal char '-' in release: Release: 1.1532_FC4......
>>> Any ideas?
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>> Make sure that the "Release:" line in your spec file doesn't contain a -
>> sign?
>> That's the only thing you can't put in, IIRC.
>> if for example you have something like this:
>> Release: 1.1532_FC4-myversion
>> change it to
>> Release: 1.1532_FC4.myversion
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>> and then try again
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>> Stuart
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>> - --
>> Stuart Sears RHCE RHCX
>> /* This is total bullshit: */
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> I see what you are saying however it seems to be grabbing my host name 
> and adding it to the Release line: error: line 155: Illegal char '-' 
> in release: Release: 1.1532_FC4.preed at 6722-195-67
> Any ideas how to get rid of that.
> Peter
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Possibly comment out the line:  %define rhbsys  %([ -r /etc/beehive-root 
-o -n "%{?__beehive_build}" ] && echo || echo .`whoami`@`hostname -s|sed 
s/-//`)
Peter