On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:35 PM, markaoki <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> hi,
> I just dl'd & built a kernel source RPM ( 2.6.18-8.1.3.el5-i686 ) as I
> needed to set some kernel
> switches for a new driver.
>
> The rpm build process produced the exact RPMs that I expected, complete with
> my little version
> '_test' at the end.
>
> The system boots my new 2.6.18-8.1.3_test.el5 kernel just fine.
>
> The problem is that the rpm BUILD output dir only has linux-2.6.18.i686, and
> my symlink
> ( /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.3_test.el5/build ) is expecting a
> 2.6.18-8.1.3_test.el5-i686
> source directory. This symlink was set by the rpmbuild process.
>
> Any idea why the RPM build process produced a linux-2.6.18.i686 rather than
> the expected 2.6.18-8.1.3_test.el5-i686
> source code directory?
>
> Thanks, I appreciate any insight,
> -m

Need to install your version of kernel-devel ?

Akemi