[CentOS] linux-2.6.18.tar.bz2 is missing

Tue Nov 30 20:21:06 UTC 2010
Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen at iki.fi>

2010/11/30 Pascal Robert <probert at macti.ca>:
>
> Le 2010-11-30 à 14:58, Eero Volotinen a écrit :
>
>> 2010/11/30 Pascal Robert <probert at macti.ca>:
>>> We have to rebuild our kernel to add support for a Mainpine fax board on a
>>> CentOS 5.5 board:
>>>
>>>   http://www.hylafax.org/content/Handbook:Basic_Server_Configuration:Modem-specific_Guidance#Mainpine_IQ_Express
>>>
>>> We followed all steps, but when calling rpmbuild, we are getting:
>>>
>>>   [root at hylafax SPECS]# rpmbuild -ba --target x86_64 kernel-2.6.spec
>>>   Construction pour plate-formes cibles: x86_64
>>>   Construction pour cible x86_64
>>>   erreur: Fichier /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/linux-2.6.18.tar.bz2: Aucun
>>> fichier ou répertoire de ce type
>>> So it doesn't find linux-2.6.18.tar.bz2
>>>
>>> We do have both the kernel-devel and kernel-headers packages installed, so I
>>> don't understand why that file is missing. Googling for
>>> "linux-2.6.18.tar.bz2 is missing" didn't bring any useful info. So where/how
>>> can we rebuild or get that archive?
>>
>> it is inside the kernel source .src.rpm package .. that one that you
>> downloaded and installed?
>
> Hum, right... Nothing to see here... This is what happen when a coworker told you that he did all the steps and you trust his words

:)

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Eero,
RHCE