On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 05:26:43PM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: > Quoting Axel Thimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 05:12:37PM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: > >> rpmbuild --rebuild --target=i686 openafs...src.rpm > >> > >>I'll let Axel try to explain to you why his method has to be so much > >>more complicated than that. ;) > > > >Who says it is? You need a working kernel build environment for the > >kernel in question, too, or have you found a way to do it w/o kernel > >sources? ;) > > No, you just need the kernel-devel package for the running kernel.
For openafs, perhaps, and IIRC leo uses this. I've seen too much breakage (ipw*, ieee80211, lirc, v4l and more break in the pure kernel-devel environment) and I prefer playing safe and using the full kernel sources for any kmdl build. But you can try building any kmdl against kernel-devel, too. > So I was basing my statement on yours, where you said: > > >Rebuilding from src.rpm is a bit involved. I do stand by that statement, depending on your level of expertise it is involved, at least more involved than building non-kernel dependent packages, and certainly even more so for someone who seems not to know how to upgrade his dangerously aged kernel rpm to the latest vendor provided one (or doesn't know how dangerous it is to run such a kernel in the net) and therefore considers rebuilding for that flawed kernel (this is no offence against Ron). There are reasons other than space that ATrpms doesn't support kernels with known vulnerabilities. -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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