[CentOS] Re: Oddity with kernel built under CentOS 5.0

Wed May 30 07:31:00 UTC 2007
Mark Hull-Richter <mhullrich at gmail.com>

On 5/29/07, Robert Nichols <rnicholsNOSPAM at comcast.net> wrote:
> Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
> > On 5/29/07, Robert Nichols
> > <rnicholsNOSPAM at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Yes.  It appears that you added the extension in two places: the spec
> >> file,
> >> and the config file.  Just add the extension in the spec file.  Adding it
> >> in the config file causes confusion in the build process.
> >>
> >
> > Okay, but (which, I supposed, means "not REALLY okay..." :-) according
> > to the wiki, and every build I did under 4.4, when building a kernel
> > we are guided to change the "Local version" in the config file (via
> > make menuconfig or whatever) and also to change the "release" in the
> > spec file - both.
> >
> > Is this no longer true in 5.0/2.6.18?  If so, it's certainly a minor
> > convenience, but I haven't seen that documented anywhere yet (or did I
> > miss it?).
>
> All I can say is that I changed the spec file only, and my kernel came
> out just fine (running version 2.6.18-8.1.4.1.rkn right now).
>

It certainly looks that way to me, too.  Thanks.

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