[WBEL-users] Update kernel rpm packages

Vic whitebox at beer.org.uk
Tue Jan 10 02:27:44 CST 2006


>> Why not roll your own? The source RPMs are all available on RedHat's ftp
>> site...
>
> Yea, and won't quite build correctly.  You have to at least twiddle the
> .spec a bit or it builds packages with funky package names to make it
> clear they are homerolled.  Which means bye bye third party drivers.

Really? I haven't run into that yet.

Still, if you install with -ivh, you get the option of which kernel to
boot into :-)

> RH appears to have basically put a 'you must be semi clueful to
> build a kernel' test in.

And a "you must have the patience of a saint" setup if you want to get
your own .config in :-(

Vic.



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