On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 09:31:04PM -0500, Matthew Galgoci wrote: > On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 07:03:47PM -0200, José Romildo Malaquias wrote: > > Hello. > > > > I am going to rebuild and install the binary RPM packages of the Linux > > kernel from Rawhide in my RedHat Linux 7.2 box. I am not sure what > > packages can be safely installed while trying to keep the system > > well integrated. In particular, it seems that the glibc and the > > kernel-headers packages are tied together, that is, I should not > > install the Rawhide kernel-headers. Currently I have the following > > kernel packages installed: > > > > kernel-2.4.7-10 (i686) > > kernel-2.4.9-21 (i686) > > kernel-headers-2.4.9-21 > > kernel-source-2.4.9-21 > > > > I want to keep them and also install the new ones > > > > kernel-2.4.17-0.12 (i686) > > kernel-source-2.4.17-0.12 > > You will need to grab the following src.rpm packages from rawhide, recompile them, > and install them in order to be able to install rawhide kernels without unsatisfied > dependencies: > > MAKEDEV (and the dev package that is produced by recompiling the MAKEDEV src.rpm) > modutils > initscripts
Done that. Except for the modutils package, as the rpm installer accepted the one installed in my machine (the latest from the 7.2 updates: 2.4.10). > > Will the new kernel-headers be needed for something, like compiling > > third party kernel modules (like avfs and alsa) for the new kernel, > > or can I just disregard it? > > kernel-headers are used in conjunction with glibc-devel to allow you to compile > period. kernel-headers should not be used to compile external kernel modules. > > There is really no need to upgrade kernel-headers in your situation. And after rebuilding the Rawhide kernel rpms I surprisingly noticed that kernel-headers is gone. There is no kernel-headers produced by the kernel source rpm from Rawhide. So I have just installed (not updated) the binary packages kernel and kernel-source. Thanks. Romildo -- Prof. José Romildo Malaquias Departamento de Computação http://iceb.ufop.br/~romildo Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brasil [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
