On Sat, 2004-09-25 at 13:53 -0400, ne... wrote:
On Sep 25, 2004 at 21:35, N.A. in a soothing rage wrote:
Hi all,
I can't find the kernel-source package on the FC3T2 CDs or the download web site? There is a kernel-2.6.8-1.541.src.rpm. I installed it but there is nothing at /usr/src?
Mor will there be one for the forseeable future. Numerous threads in fedora-devel detail this. There is no need to ship the same thing twice. The src.rpm contains all you need. An 'rpm -qlp' should list the kernel source tarbol, the patches in the src.rpm and the .spec file. 'man rpm' and 'man rpmbuild' should give you all the pointers you need.
N.Emile...
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I spent the whole afternoon searching the archives of this list and the development list and I couldn't find a useful discussion that describes the building of a custom kernel as a user. I did find many flame wars though.
I also see that there is an open bug on bugzilla asking for documentation on exactly this. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=130754
I figure it might be useful and I plan to TRY and participate in the documentation on this.