linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] Add a 'minimal tree install' target

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Date:	Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:59:09 +0200
From:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
CC:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	Chris Wedgwood <cw@...f.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, davej@...hat.com,
	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Add a 'minimal tree install' target

Sam Ravnborg schrieb:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 02:37:11PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>> 
>> what about "devel-pkg" instead?  that would match fedora's
>> "kernel-devel" naming convention.
> 
> Does
> make devel-pkg
> in the kernel make you think:
> "This is a minimum package to build an external module".
> 
> I guess not.

From an rpm-based distribution background, it does, actually.
You typically have to install a "xyzzy-devel" package before
you can compile something related to "xyzzy", so it is quite
natural to look for a "kernel-devel" package providing
whatever is necessary to build kernel modules; and
"cd kernel ; make devel-pkg" reads almost literally like
"make kernel-devel.rpm".

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