BuildYourOwnKernel wiki edit?

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Mon Mar 21 17:48:04 UTC 2011


On 03/21/2011 06:36 PM, Kamal Mostafa wrote:
> 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..."
> 
Indeed I did. Word lost between brain and keyboard...

>>  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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