Getting actual source for a kernel
Bill Davidsen
davidsen at tmr.com
Thu Dec 11 17:24:04 UTC 2008
Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:15:28 -0500
> Bill Davidsen wrote:
>
>> Thanks, it seems I'm not going to be able to just get the source with rpm2cpio,
>> apply the patches, and do the build where I have disk space. I'll do it the hard
>> way and actually install the source by unpacking the RPM after I find a machine
>> with space where the package wants to unpack. I don't normally leave space in
>> /usr/src, since I run kernel.org kernels which I can build in a development space.
>
> One of the steps documented in the wiki (I forget which one :-) has the
> side effect of creating a ~/.rpmmacros file in your home directory.
> If you change the %_topdir in there, you can make it do it's work anywhere.
>
Good thought, I'll try that then. I may have misunderstood --relocate, and wound
up with a source which didn't build.
Thanks.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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