-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 12:18:11PM +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > > 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. > > > 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. - -- Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org> "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEL+elpdyWzQ5b5ckRAtv0AJ42pwcJNKA6TYaZ4Z3C7Pxc5826/gCgwRI8 /QsC8xXaDiCCE0nXtjxQlrQ= =Itvm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----