On Nov 26 2007 11:13, Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> >>>Only on current machines. You'd break building kernel RPMs on older >> >>>systems that don't have rpmbuild installed. >> >> >> >> Those old machines probably do not even run a distro-fabricated >> >> gcc that would compile a git head kernel. >> > >> >well, in a nutshell, the problem scenario is that it's entirely >> >possible to have a modern distro (say, fedora 8, like i'm using) on >> >which you have the latest "rpm" package installed, but not >> >"rpmbuild". >> >> What, modern and no rpmbuild? > >i didn't say it *wouldn't* have rpmbuild, i said it *might not*. at >the moment, on my f8 system, the only package that requires the >rpm-build package is rpmdevtools, and it's entirely possible that >there's no need for *that* package.
rpm -b does not work in opensuse anymore (redirects you to use rpmbuild), and I bet fedora will do the same, so if you don't have rpm-build, tough luck for make rpm. >so all i'm suggesting is that the >build procedure take into account the possibility that rpm-build is >not installed. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
