[ATrpms-devel] lirc kmdl build...?

[Axel Thimm]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 12:27:43PM +0000, John Robinson wrote:
> On 13/12/2007 04:41, Peter Tiggerdine wrote:
> > The rpm appears to be needing root permission to build the rpm.

No, that's not the case. The failing op is not needed. Yes, as root it
would succeed but it would be a noop and its failure is ignored
anyway.

> > The is really bad practice. don't quote me but I pretty sure that
> > all rpm's should be able to build w/o root access according to rpm
> > standards.

Exactly. That's the way all rpms at ATrpms are built.

> No, quite right. Having looked more closely I now see why it looked like 
> the build was going round in circles: building the kmdl package seems to 
> need to run configure; make; make install for each individual kernel 
> module, which seems overkill. I might have a go at rewriting the spec so 
> everything gets run only once, optionally building the kmdl package 
> depending on a switch, unless anyone here can tell me why it is done the 
> way it is.

Well, you already explained it: Otherwise you don't get all kernel
modules built. If you find a shorter way to reach the same results I
don't mind changing the build procedure :)
(it needs to cover the current profile, e.g. building only for a given
driver doesn't count - the package needs to be cosumable on the binary
level, not the source-build-it-yourself :)

> If I do I shall be back with more questions when I make the
> inevitable stupid mistakes.

Your questions are welcome! :)
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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