Re: Stripped kernel source tree

["Jarod Wilson" <user=74@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Nov 23, 2007, at 11:56, jbk wrote: 

> 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). 
> 
> I want to keep the build process compact and not build the -devel   
> tree if I'm not keeping that build. I prefer not to make rpm's   
> except that it makes it easier to uninstall.