linux kernel recompile

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 30 May 2002, Keith Antoine wrote:
> Ok! No it really does not, but you writing is gorgeous <grin>.....
> I have seen and noted for experimentation that there is a swithch in rpm
> (rpm -ta) that is supposed to make an rpm out of a tarball: rpm -ta
> vcr.xx-xx-x.tar.gz .......I have yet to try it successfully on a file that
> does not have any dependencies but am too busy doing small libs and video
> files with checkinstall.
>
> However i will have to get to see if it does work and also look at making
> rpms for files that do not do a 'make install'.

It will only work if the tarball includes a spec file.

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