Yes, it produced ten (10) various *_test.el5.i686.rpms, in the /RPMS/i686 
directory, as expected.

The symlink was created by the rpm build & install process...I did not 
create it.

That symlink is located in /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.3_test.el5 and is a link 
to
../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-8.1.3_test.el5-i686, as expected.

The problem is I have nothing named 2.6.18-8.1.3_test.el5-i686 in my RPM
build tree to copy to /usr/src/kernels/

I only have BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.i686

uname -r gives me: 2.6.18-8.1.3_test.el5

I have:
kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686 "Development package for developing
kernel modules to match the kernel".

and

kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i386 "Header files for the Linux kernel for
use by glibc"

installed on my machine.
Is this not the 'kernel-devel' that you refer to?
Or, perhaps I am missing something?

Also, thanks for looking at my problem.
I hope I can also help eventually : )
-m


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Akemi Yagi" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: rpm kernel build question


> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 2:21 PM, markaoki <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> hi, its installed:
>>
>>  kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686 "Development package for developing
>>  kernel modules to match the kernel".
>>  kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i386 "Header files for the Linux kernel 
>> for
>>  use by glibc"
>
> Let me see if I get the situation correct.
>
> When you built your own kernel with the '_test' added, rebuilding the
> srpm should have produced:
>
> kernel-2.6.18-8.1.3_test.el5.i686.rpm
> kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3_test.el5.i686.rpm
>
> among other things.  You need to install the kernel-devel rpm as well.
> That should give you the correct symlink in the /lib/modules/`uname
> -r`/ directory.
>
> The BUILD directory you are referring to is where the rebuilding takes
> place.  It is supposed to have the linux-2.6.18.i686 directory.
>
> Akemi
>