Re: Makefile targets: tar & rpm pkgs, while using O=<dir> as non-root

[Linda Walsh <lkml@tlinx.org>]

Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:

>
>I've not really used out-of-tree building for Linux, so the tar*
>targets are probably not really tested with that regard. Though I'll
>check that and see if it works (of if a patch is needed.)
>
>The RPM targets have to be tested by somebody else :)
>
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Thanks -- the error I got for the "tar"-based images started as:

ishtar:/usr/src/linux-2.6.14.3> make  V=1 INSTALL_ROOT= 
../build/ast-root O=../build/ast-26143/ tarbz2-pkg 
make -C /home/build/ast-26143 \
KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-2.6.14.3 \
KBUILD_EXTMOD="" -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.14.3/Makefile ../build/ast-root
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `/usr/src/linux-2.6.14.3/../build/ast-root'.
make -C /home/build/ast-26143 \
KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-2.6.14.3 \
KBUILD_EXTMOD="" -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.14.3/Makefile tarbz2-pkg
make -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.14.3/scripts/package/Makefile tarbz2-pkg
make
make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.14.3 O=/home/build/ast-26143
Makefile:484: .config: No such file or directory
  Using /usr/src/linux-2.6.14.3 as source for kernel
if [ -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.14.3/.config ]; then \
        echo "  /usr/src/linux-2.6.14.3 is not clean, please run 'make 
mrproper'";\
        echo "  in the '/usr/src/linux-2.6.14.3' directory.";\
        /bin/false; \
fi;
if [ ! -d include2 ]; then mkdir -p include2; fi;
mkdir: cannot create directory `include2': Permission denied
make[4]: *** [prepare3] Error 1
make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: *** [tarbz2-pkg] Error 2
make[1]: *** [tarbz2-pkg] Error 2
make: *** [tarbz2-pkg] Error 2
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Briefly, the make rpm-pagage options call "make install" and
"make modules_install".  Both attempt to install the kernel
for the "target" system onto the the "Build" system.  This isn't
desired as the "target" kernel won't even run on the "build"
system.

I could supply error listings, but it seems unneeded as it is
so easily reproduced.

I see JanB is on the making "tar" image, but how long ago was
building of the rpm stuff done?  Is it the case that the designer/writer
of that hasn't had time to make it work with the "O=" param?  Is
someone still actively maintaining those targets?

Ideally it would be good to be able to make an installable kernel
package as a non-root user.  The idea is to not need root-privs
except to install, right? :-)

Linda