Re: make rpm

[Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@msu.edu>]

Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

> I've been meaning to do this one for a while and I now have it working so
> that with my current -ac kernel working tree I can type
> 
> 	make rpm
> 
> and out puts kernel-2.4.7ac3-1.i386.rpm
> 
> All this took was the pieces below.
> 
> Anyone care to knock up a "make dpkg" to go with it ?

Debian has had a package that does this for years now.  It's
called `kernel-package' and works through a program called
`make-kpkg' that does all sorts of nice things.  Using
kernel-package, you could implement `make dpkg' as a single
command: `make-kpkg kernel_image'.

Here's some more about kernel-package in the program's own words:

blp:~(0)$ make-kpkg --targets
 Known Targets are:
===============================================================================
|     Targets                      |   Automatically builds                   |
===============================================================================
| clean                            |                                          |
| buildpackage                     | Builds the whole package                 |
| binary                           | Builds kernel_{source,headers,image,doc} |
|       binary-indep               |                                          |
|            kernel_source         |                                          |
|            kernel_doc            |                                          |
|       binary-arch                |                                          |
|            kernel_headers        |                                          |
|            kernel_image          | Builds build                             |
|                           build  |                                          |
| modules                          |                                          |
| modules_image                    |                                          |
| modules_config                   |                                          |
| modules_clean                    |                                          |
| configure                        | If you wish to edit files                |
|                           debian | generated by make config                 |
| debian                           | Creates ./debian dir, and                |
|                                  | optionally patches the source            |
===============================================================================
See /usr/share/kernel-package/rules for details.
blp:~(0)$ make-kpkg --help
This program should be run in a linux kernel source top level directory.
/usr/share/doc/kernel-package/Problems.gz contains a list of known problems.

usage: make-kpkg [options] target [target ...]
  where options are:
 --help                This message.
 --revision number     The debian revision number. ([a-zA-Z.+0-9]) (Must
                         have digit, no hyphen allowed)
 --flavour  foo        an additional kernel sub-version. ([-a-z.+0-9])
                       OBSOLETE
 --append-to-version foo
 --append_to_version foo an additional kernel sub-version. ([-a-z.+0-9])
                         Does not require editing the kernel Makefile
                         over rides env var APPEND_TO_VERSION. 
                         requires a make-kpg clean
 --added-modules foo
 --added_modules foo   Comma/space separated list of add on modules
                       affected by the modules_<blah> targets
 --added-patches bar 
 --added_patches bar   Comma/space separated list of patches applicable
                        when patch_the_kernel is turned on
 --arch     foo        architecture
 --cross-compile
 --cross_compile       target string
 --subarch  bar        Set the subarch for the image being compiled
                        (have to be on a compatible machine).
 --arch-in-name
 --arch_in_name        Embed the subarch in the image package name
 --initrd              Create a image package suitable for initrd  
 --pgpsign  name       An ID used to sign the changes file using pgp.
 --targets             Lists the known targets.
 --zimage              Create a kernel using zImage rather than bzImage
 --bzimage             Create a kernel using bzImage (in case the site
                       wide default is zimage, as set in
                       /etc/kernel-pkg.conf) 
 --rootcmd method      A command that provides a means of gaining
              	       superuser access (for example, `sudo' or
              	       `fakeroot') as needed by dpkg-buildpackages'
              	       -r option.  This is only relevant for the
              	       buildpackage target.
 --us                  This option is passed to dpkg-buildpackage, and
                       directs that package not to sign the
                       source. This is only relevant for the
                       buildpackage target. 
 --uc                  This option is passed to dpkg-buildpackage, and
                       directs that package not to sign the
                       changelog. This is only relevant for the
                       buildpackage target. 

Use one of --zimage or --bzimage, or none, but not both.

Option Format: The options may be shortened to the smallest unique
string, and may be entered with either a - or a -- prefix, and you may
use a space between an option string and a value. Please refer to man
Getopt::Long for details on how the options may be entered.

Version: $Revision: 1.60 $ 
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
blp:~(0)$