Kernel

[Lukas Dobrek]

On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 06:14:23AM +0200, Tomasz K?oczko wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Dominik Mierzejewski wrote:
> 
> > Lukas Dobrek wrote:
> > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 04:05:36PM +0200, Tomasz K?oczko wrote:
> > > > OK but probaly it is possible add abilities for build kernel without all
> > > > patches using bcond.
> > > > BTW current our bcont. IMHO it is time to change all bcond macros to
> > > > with/without convention which is in cvs verion rpm. It will be good have
> > > > all compliant with rpm 4.0.3 before release final 4.0.3.
> > > 
> > > Ok this is elegant but in this way the kernel builded only from Linus
> > > sources will never apear on the ftp.  And I cannot see the good reason
> > > for that.  Every time when I will need this kernel I will have to build
> > > it by my own.  And I dont like this idea. 
> > 
> > Create a subpackage then. I.e. kernel-unpatched or kernel-vanilla
> > or whatever :-). Of course this means doubling the build process:
> > one (optional) pass without patches, one with them.
> 
> Instead this we can send request to builders --without patches
> (conditionaly on without patches can be changed release to for example
> <rel>.vanilla or something). This also doubles tasks on builders but
> without additional work on spec level :)
If you will take in conditions also the field Name: otherwise package
builded with and without conditions will have the same name. 
And I am not convince it is a good idea. Just becouse it saves some work
but makes spec less clear. 

Take Care
Lukasz
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Łukasz Dobrek
Institut für Theoretische Physik
Appelstraße 2, 30167 Hannover, Germany
e-mail:dobrek at itp.uni-hannover.de
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