[CentOS] Re: Error building kernel for CentOS 5.0
Scott Silva
ssilva at sgvwater.com
Mon May 21 18:32:12 UTC 2007
Mark Hull-Richter spake the following on 5/21/2007 11:18 AM:
> On 5/21/07, Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Your rpmmacros file may not be the only thing affecting it. This is
>> why it was recommended that you compare the output. If you're lazy,
>> learn to use diff.
>>
>
> Ah, of course - the confrontational approach. I love it!
Some on the list are more so than others.
>
>> You have to make the rpmmacros file from scratch since it doesn't
>> exist by default. This begs the question: Why are you including things
>> if you have no idea what they are? When you added the lines you have,
>> did you not check to make sure that the files actually exist?
>>
>
> Leftovers from 4.4.
>
> However, I am chastised - I will pore through that and see what comes
> up, if removing everything except the HOME line in the file does not
> work (the true "lazy" approach :-). On the other hand, again with
> audacity I ask, would it not have been simpler just to say, as
> Karanbir did, "it needs to contain nothing?"
>
See above. I see you removed the Linux Kernel Engineer from your signature.
Did you get too much flame for it?
It seemed to trigger some interesting responses.
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