Re: Problem with compiling kernel
On Tue, 08 May 2007 12:47:28 -0500
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@ieee.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 8 May 2007 16:10:29 +0200, Raffaele Morelli
> <raffaele.morelli@gmail.com> said:
>
> > That's ok, I follow the general (healthy) rule and do not log as root
> > if unnecessary, but for kernel (and program) compile I can not picture
> > 'make-kpkg' or 'configure && make' doing something regrettable.
>
> Thanks for the vote of confidence, but you know, you should not
> have to do this.
> make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot kernel_image
> should work perfectly well.
When I'm not being lazy, I often do it that way, largely because you
suggest it in the docs.
>From /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz:
With the addition of fakeroot ( a really nice program, I recommend
it). Steps 1 to 4 can be carried out as a non root user. Step 5 does
require root privileges.
> manoj
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