I seem to see tags in CVS for every kernel release since water was invented (OK, since 2_4_0 anyway) but I don't see a tag for the 2_4_18-8_1 (the 8.2 update kernel) release. Was no tag made in CVS for it? How can I retrieve the exact spec used to build 2.4.18-8.1mdk from CVS? I really don't want to download the entire 2.4.18-8.1mdk SRPM just for the spec file.
Something that would be nice, would be that the kernel-source RPM have the specfile used to build the corresponding binary RPM included in it. And on another different, but related topic, how about if the specfile that was included in the kernel-source rpm had an option to it to simply package up the binaries that were built in the kernel-source tree? That way, even if the kernel-source package is used to (possibly patch and) build a new kernel, one could at least get it packaged into an RPM for easy transport and installation on a network of systems. If this sounds like a good idea for kernel-source, I would be willing to contribute the work of altering the specfile to handle this operation. I am going to do this for a specfile right now in fact. It would be nice to have it rolled into the distro though. b. -- Brian J. Murrell
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