Re: [CentOS] Request: Correct procedure on how to build a custom kernel on Centos

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On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 12:18:11PM +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote:

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The way I would do it:

1. Get the src.rpm
2. Install it
3. Replace the kernel source tarball
4. Change the version on the specfile
5. Try to build

Wonder which of the ~700 patches referenced in the src.rpm is failing now.

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6. Rinse and repeat (#5 & #6), until it builds the way I want, removing already applied patches and changing the ones needed accordingly.

I think without massive editing of the spec file rebuilding a different kernel version from the included src.rpm seems to be prone to failure.

Exactly.

That is why my usual answer for this kind of question is: don't do it.

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