Re: Stripped kernel source tree

["Jarod Wilson" <user=74@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Nov 23, 2007, at 16:51, jbk wrote: 

>>> I want to keep the build process compact and not build the -devel   
>>> tree if I'm not keeping that build. I prefer not to make rpm's   
>>> except that it makes it easier to uninstall. 
>> So you want the build process compact, and yet you want all the   
>> benefits of the way the Fedora kernel spec builds rpms, but   
>> without the -devel package, unless you really want it... So rm -f   
>> the whopping 32M kernel-devel package afterwards if you don't want   
>> it -- its not really "built" by the way, its just putting source   
>> files into a package, so there ain't much overhead there. 
>> Seriously, 'rpmbuild -bb --without debuginfo --with baseonly   
>> kernel.spec'. Look at the spec and hack in a '--without devel'   
>> flag if you really want no -devel package sometimes. Honestly, we   
>> went to a lot of trouble to make the spec file more user-friendly   
>> for those who want to build their own, so if there's a   
>> significantly compelling reason you won't do the above, let us   
>> know, and we'll see about remedying it. 
> 
> I build kernels for my own knowledge. You seem to take it   
> personally if I don't want to use the rpm process to build. I   
> should not of used the verb compact.