Re: custom kernel compilation scripts

2002-10-21 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.21.2226 +0200]: > You should be able to just chown it with no ill effects. Right, but that's going to break on the next upgrade, and the other users can't use it then either... -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :pro

Re: custom kernel compilation scripts

2002-10-21 Thread Simon Law
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 08:42:31PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > yes, that in combination with a rcfile listing the combinations allows > me to do > kcompile 2.4.19 albatros > > but the script is a *bad* hack, and i think there's a lot that i am > doing wrong. > > i'd like to hear from the ad

Re: custom kernel compilation scripts

2002-10-21 Thread Michael West
> Maybe I am not quite clear on the modules and patches thing. > > I want to go ahead and produce kernel-image and kernel-headers with > a selection of the installed kernel-patch and *-modules packages. > > Say I have kernel-patch-freeswan, kernel-patch-2.4-grsecurity, > kernel-patch-vlan, and ke

Re: custom kernel compilation scripts

2002-10-21 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.21.1343 +0200]: > It's hardly a lot to type in, and surely you don't do kernel compiles > *that* often... (if you do, why? It seems to indicate a curiosity > that could be better directed...) i operate 57 machines each with their own kernel. some

Re: custom kernel compilation scripts

2002-10-21 Thread Vineet Kumar
* martin f krafft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021021 12:31]: > in the meantime, maybe someone can tell me what to do about the > /usr/src/modules and /usr/src/kernel-patches trees, which are owned > by root. the last time i built a kernel as root must have been like > 1876 or so... and at least kernel-pat

Re: custom kernel compilation scripts

2002-10-21 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Simon Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.21.2116 +0200]: > You might want to look at the kernellab package, which appears > to do what you want. it can't do modules, patches and version yet, so effectively, it is only a centralized repository for configs. i have that part working.

Re: custom kernel compilation scripts

2002-10-21 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Michael West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.21.2005 +0200]: > the `make-kpkg --added-patches` option allows you to specify which > patches to apply for a specific kernel build. right. but the modules aren't so easily handled. > What kind of interface are you looking for? Something li