First thing to understand is this> There is a difference between a
kernel-xxx.src.rpm and kernel-source-xxx.rpm. The src rpm just lets you build
a stock kernel for your computer. The kernel-source rpm installs the kernel
source which you make xconfig make deps etc. I think you want the
kernel-source rpm for your needs which puts in the usual place /usr/src/.....
I hope this helps your confusion.
Salane King
ICQ# 306324
On Tuesday 30 January 2001 09:26 pm, you wrote:
> Thank you...as I write this I am on the page but, perhaps I am blind but,
> like essentially every kernel-howto I have looked at, it seems to be for
> compiling kernel tarballs and not really addressing building a kernel
> src.rpm.
>
> Let me see if I am understanding this mess. I install
> kernel-whatever.src.rpm. Must I then go to /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES and move
> every single bz2 to a new location in order to make the damn thing? There
> is a kernel-whatever.tar.bz2 there in that directory, but there is also
> innumberable patches and extra stuff that I do not know what to do with.
>
> If I must move everything, why does the rpm system place it all in the
> "wrong" place for? (Say, instead of placing kernel-whatever.tar.bz2 from
> the src.rpm in /usr/src/source/kernel, the patches in their correct
> location, etc?)
>
> On Tuesday 30 January 2001 19:02, you wrote:
> > On Tuesday 30 January 2001 04:39 pm, Praedor Tempus wrote:
> > > I have never built a kernel from a source rpm before. I have always
> > > used tarballs. The src.rpm places patches and config files, etc, etc
> > > in /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES... How does one go about building an src.rpm
> > > kernel?
> > > Is there a page that I can go to, a HOWTO? The proceedure is obviously
> > > different than with src tarballs.
> >
> > http://mandrakeuser.org/install/kupgrade.html
