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Re: Stripped kernel source tree



 Jarod Wilson replied to: 
> On Nov 23, 2007, at 10:01, jbk wrote: 
> 
>> I am running fedora on an x86_64 system. I compile my own kernels as a 
>> normal user. I do not use rpmbuild other than for the initial source 
>> creation from the .spec file. I use instead the traditional make 
>> sequence of oldconfig, menuconfig, and then make binrpm-pkg. I then 
>> install the package and configure grub as root. This works fine for me 
>> and I have had no problems doing it this way. What I don't know how to 
>> do is make the equivalent of the kernel-devel package for my custom 
>> kernel typically installed at /usr/src/kernels/. I know that the 
>> rpmbuild route will do this for me but I don't want to keep the tree 
>> for kernels that I don't want so it seems a waste to go that route. 
> 
> Uh, what? What do you mean "don't want to keep the tree for kernels that 
> I don't want"? Are you referring to variant kernels? (i.e., kernel-smp, 
> kernel-pae, kernel-xen). 


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