>>>>> "buchan" == Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
buchan> Is there a good reason the kernel-source is not totally world buchan> readable? I am truing to build a win4lin kernel SRPM/RPM for current buchan> cooker, and it copies the entire source tree, patches it, and then buchan> compiles. Step 1 fails until I chmod it while not building as root buchan> (which I would refer not to do). Would be nice if this wasn't buchan> necessary. buchan> Seems 99.9% of the source is, just not these files: Should be fixed in -14mdk, thanks for the support. Later, Juan. buchan> + mkdir -p /home/bgmilne/rpm/BUILD/Mandrake-patched-2.4.19-11mdk buchan> + cp -Rapd buchan> /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-11mdk/. /home/bgmilne/rpm/BUILD/Mandrake-patched-2.4.19-11mdk/. buchan> cp: cannot open buchan> `/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-11mdk/./3rdparty/acecad/acecad.c' for reading: buchan> Permission denied buchan> cp: cannot open buchan> `/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-11mdk/./net/ipsec/libdes/asm/perlasm/x86asm.pl' buchan> for reading: Permission denied buchan> cp: cannot open buchan> `/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-11mdk/./net/ipsec/libdes/asm/perlasm/cbc.pl' buchan> for reading: Permission denied buchan> cp: cannot open buchan> `/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-11mdk/./net/ipsec/libdes/asm/perlasm/readme' buchan> for reading: Permission denied buchan> cp: cannot open buchan> `/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-11mdk/./net/ipsec/libdes/asm/perlasm/x86ms.pl' buchan> for reading: Permission denied buchan> cp: cannot open buchan> `/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-11mdk/./net/ipsec/libdes/asm/perlasm/x86unix.pl' buchan> for reading: Permission denied buchan> error: Bad exit status from /home/bgmilne/rpm/tmp/rpm-tmp.96490 (%prep) buchan> Buchan buchan> -- buchan> |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| buchan> Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager buchan> Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 buchan> Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za buchan> GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc buchan> 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -- In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different -- Larry McVoy