FC3rc5 : how to regen 2.6.9-1.649 kernel tree from kernel-2.6.9-1.649.src.rpm
RON FLORY
ron.flory at adtran.com
Fri Nov 5 15:09:09 UTC 2004
This may be covered in a FAQ, README or DOC somewhere, but
I've not been able to find it...
If FC3T3rc5 was not intended to contain the necessary data to
reconstruct the source tree, then i apologize in advance...
I disagree with moving the kernel-source RPM from the install
disks to the SRPMS anyway, but kernel-2.6.9-1.649.src.rpm does
not appear to contain data necessary to reconstruct the kernel
source tree as shipped in the FC3T3rc5 - its not even close.
- This SRPM contains many patch files, but none of them
result in a 2.6.9-1.649 kernel source tree.
- There is no README.
- There are two different 'final' tar.bz2 patch sets- which is
real?
- Some of the patches appear to be against very old versions
of the kernel, not against 2.6.9 .
- this RPM contains the original 2.6.9 tarfile as found
on kernel.org.
- applying the 'final' patches against the 2.6.9 source tree
results in several warnings and 'reversed' patches.
- I would suggest providing a script to install/patch the
kernel.
There needs to be an easy-to install kernel-source RPM (like
there used to be under RHL) for newbies, i.e., one that installs
an exact image of the kernel sources in /usr/src/linux-x.y.z-n.mmm
without requiring the user to guess which patches to install, or
even how to apply these patches, otherwise the same 'how do I
reconstruct the kernel sources' questions will appear over
and over and over....
Aside from this, FC3T3c5 looks pretty good.
ron
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