Re: Problem with compiling kernel
On Tue, 8 May 2007 16:11:54 -0400, Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> said:
> 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.
Hmm. I should amend that to say:
Step 5 does require (fake)root privileges.
I did not mean it to be a suggestion; I only meant it was
possible. Which it is.
manoj
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