Re: make-kpkg --append-to-version

[ktb <ktb@nixnotes.org>]

On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 03:07:26PM +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote:
> Hello List
> 
> I am trying to build a kernel for athlon on my pentium machine. It must
> be 2.4.3 (as I am using at the moment) because I have xfs running on /,
> /home, and /var. I want to install both kernels for being able to switch
> all my hardware back to the pentium machine if something doesn't work. I
> tried to compile the athlon kernel with "--append-to-version athlon" and
> I get the eroor message
> 
> "dpkg-gencontrol: error: package kernel-image-2.4.3-xfsathlon not in
> control info
> make: *** [kernel-image-deb] Error 29"
> 
> Running without --append-to-version gives me a kernel-image.deb which is
> named exactly as the installed kernel. This is not good, because
> installing it may overwrite the existing kernel and stealing me the
> ability to fix anything in case of misconfiguration.
> Any idea how to produce a kernel with a different name?

>From zless /usr/doc/kernel-package/README.gz -
make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image
hth,
kent

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