Re: make-kpkg

[Brad Bell <maximill@u.washington.edu>]

On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, johannes martinez wrote:
> What exactly does this do?  Does it make a package or does it 
> make a new kernel? 

both.  it makes a .deb package of your customized kernel.

> If either where does it put it?  

i ran:

make-kpkg -revision custom.1.0 kernel_image

from the directory /usr/src/linux, and it put the file:

kernel-image-2.0.27_custom.1.0_i386.deb

into /usr/src

> 	Is it of any use to use make-kpkg or should i just do a normal 
> make dep, clean, zlilo etc...?

make-kpkg is easier to use and easier to keep track of changes once you
figure out how to use it right.

> One more question: do you need a resolv.conf in debian, and if so why 
> isn't it made?

mine was created.  /etc/resolv.conf

brad

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