On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 01:55:00PM +0000, kevin lyda mentioned:
> > Is there an easy way to get it into the package management system,
> > or do you have to forget about the tripe that is the rpm database and go
> > back to the slackware way?
>> i think the war you do it is take the closest src.rpm plug in the new
> kernel and rebuild. i've done it in the past - keeping an eye on the
> results of patch (etc) - and it fits in quite nicely.
I've certainly gone into a top level kernel directory and run "make rpm"
after a "make config", and it seemed to work fine. Mind you, I've not done
it in ages, but Alan Cox used to maintain that bit of the kernel Makefile
for a while.
john
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