[Novalug] Kernel Compiles

[Bob Copeland]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Greg Pryzby <greg at pryzby.org> wrote:
> (top posting because it mua limitations)
>
> Way late Ti the thread. I would love a quick talk at a meeting about
> this. I fought with this and figured it out when I moved to Fedora but
> forget the specifics. 18 months ago I was able to use /use/src/linux*
> w Ubuntu. I understand the change but for old timers I admit things
> change for the better buy I haven't found the list/site to read to
> inform us of changes so we can adopt the 'new' way

I actually started doing kernel development (which can be seen as
a pro or a con depending on whom you ask :) as a side-effect of
reading LKML for the express purpose of keeping up with the changes
in kernel builds in early 2.6 kernels.

My main gripe is that distros should package installkernel scripts
that properly update initramfs, grub etc.  I compile kernels so
frequently that using the distro machinery like make-kpkg is
overkill, but a simple script that makes "make install" do the right
thing would be very helpful.  They aren't complicated but I usually
wind up having to write my own for lack of an existing one.

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