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List:       opensuse-packaging
Subject:    [opensuse-packaging] Packetizing of kernel / kernel - syms / some modules
From:       "Jurzitza, Dieter" <DJurzitza () harmanbecker ! com>
Date:       2007-06-14 13:30:28
Message-ID: DA6197CAE190A847B662079EF7631C0604749ED2 () OEKAW2EXVS03 ! hbi ! ad ! harman ! com
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Dear listmembers,
yesterday I stumbled over an annoying feature of current packaging:
assume you build a kernel - rpm (say: kernel-default-2.6.21-190.i586.rpm) that \
differs from the original openSUSE package.

You can install that but now, you need a module to make a device work (say: \
ipw3945-kmp-1.2.0-5.24.src.rpm) and want to build the corresponding rpm, you will be \
told that you have to install the kernel-syms package for your kernel.

Ok. Build the kernel - syms, but this won't work as you need to install *all* kernels \
to build the kernel-syms package.

Carefully speaking this is not helpful. I would suggest having a kernel-syms package \
with each kernel. Ok, this would increase the number of rpm-packages somewhat, but it \
is really annoying to build and install 6 kernels if you need just one - because you \
have to create the appropriate kernel-syms package.

And, given the rpm package management I highly prefer to  use rpm's in favour of make \
and make install processes for the kernel and the modules. "Handcrafting" of the ipw \
module fails anyway if you do not know exactly what you're doing.

Take care



Dieter Jurzitza



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