Bryan J. Smith wrote:
As Jim pointed out, at this point, it's better:
A) to the "prep" (-bp) B) change what you want directly in the ./BUILD/kernel-* dir C) finish off the "build" (-bb)
I believe a -bb first removes ./BUILD/kernel-.... You can modify config files and such in the SOURCE directory, but the ./BUILD/kernel-* stuff get's removed and recreated when you do a build (-bb) so any changes you make there will disappear.
I usually do a -bp, use the BUILD directory to create new patches and such, put them in the SOURCES directory, add the patches to my SPEC file, then do the rpmbuild -bb. I always follow up with a (-bs) to generate a new src.rpm for next time.
I currently have about 6 patches in the Enterprise kernel that are absolutely necessary, else I couldn't use it, so I disagree with the idea of "Don't do it"
-Jay