BuildYourOwnKernel wiki edit?

[Kamal Mostafa]

Thanks Stefan.

On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 11:21 +0100, Stefan Bader wrote:
> Generally you only need any headers package when there is an abi bump.

I think that might be much more common scenario than we generally take
into account...

For most "regular people" who aren't building and installing new kernels
every day like we do, the very first time they try to build their own
kernel they're pretty likely to be running a different ABI than the one
their building.  No?

>  But for
> simplicity I don't see any reason to describe building the headers package as
> well.

I think you meant to say "I don't see any reason NOT to describe..."

>  I must admit, that I never tried multiple targets in one run, but I guess
> you have and it works. :)

Yup, debian/rules just a makefile -- multiple targets works fine.  Even
something like this works:

   fakeroot debian/rules clean binary-headers binary-generic
                         ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 -Kamal
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