Re: [pptp-devel] FC1 kernel-mppe-2.4.22-1.2194.nptlsmp.i686.rpm

[James C. <jam...@hp...>]

On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 01:02:42AM -0400, martin diamond wrote:
> James Cameron wrote:
> >Hrm, perhaps you could do what Paul did then and make kernel version
> >specific RPMs.  ;-}
> One of these days I will figure out the hows of building rpms.

Just ask.

For instance, to build the pptp-linux RPM, it's all documented in my
RELEASING file in the CVS directory.

rpmbuild -ba spec-file

Ah, then it's how to write spec files.  Paul's better at it than I am,
and I've learned a lot in the past few weeks.

> But 2.4 still _requires_ downloading the kernel-source no-matter-which
> process one chooses(DKMS or Kernelmod).  A good reason to continue
> offering the module package built from 2.4.x for those PPTP Client
> users with less than ideal bandwidth me thinks?

Agreed.  See if you can learn how Paul did it.  ;-}

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