[Ocfs2-users] how to build rpm packages?

[Sunil Mushran]

you need to install the devel packages for all kernel flavors
for that version. kernel-devel, kernel-xen-devel and whatever
else is valid for that distro/arch.

Kristiansen Morten wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I found an url which describes how to build rpm packages from ocfs2 
> source code:
>
> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/dist/documentation/ocfs2_faq.html#BUILD
>
> In there it says:
>
>           * Ensure you have all kernel-*-devel packages installed for
>             the kernel version you wish to build for. If so, then the
>             following command will list it as a possible target.
>
> o # ./vendor/rhel4/kernel.guess targets
>
> o rhel4_2.6.9-67.EL_rpm
>
> o rhel4_2.6.9-67.0.1.EL_rpm
>
> o rhel4_2.6.9-55.0.12.EL_rpm
>
> I’m running rhel5, 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5. And when I run 
> “./vendor/rhel5/kernel.guess targets”, I get nothing. So I guess I 
> have to install the kernel-*-devel packages. When I run “rpm –qa|grep 
> kernel-“, I get:
>
> kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5
>
> kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5
>
> kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.el5
>
> kernel-2.6.18-8.el5
>
> kernel-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5
>
> kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5
>
> And when I run “yum search kernel-|grep kernel|sort –u” I get:
>
> kernel-debug-devel.x86_64 : Development package for building kernel 
> modules to match the kernel.
>
> kernel-debug.x86_64 : The Linux kernel compiled with extra debugging 
> enabled.
>
> kernel-devel.x86_64 : Development package for building kernel modules 
> to match the kernel.
>
> kernel-doc.noarch : Various documentation bits found in the kernel source.
>
> kernel-headers.x86_64 : Header files for the Linux kernel for use by glibc
>
> kernel-xen-devel.x86_64 : Development package for building kernel 
> modules to match the kernel.
>
> kernel-xen.x86_64 : The Linux kernel compiled for Xen VM operations
>
> Can anybody tell me what I’m missing or doing wrong?
>
> Morten Kristiansen
>
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