Re: cross-depmod?

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, David Vrabel wrote:
> Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> > My problem is that I cross-build my kernels, and 'make rpm' is very
> > unhappy when it can't use depmod. I know that I can do 'make
> > DEPMOD=/bin/true rpm', but can't we figure that out automatically?
>
> I'd suggest not running depmod when building an RPM but instead run it
> as part of the RPMs post-installation script.

I guess Hollis (just like me) is mostly interested in the possible error
messages of depmod, due to missing exported symbols.

Hollis: I asked the same question about six months year ago, cfr. the thread at
http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2004/Feb/3527.html

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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