At 21:10 +0100 12/14/02, Roland Wegmann wrote: >Hello > >I am going to compile aBen's Kernel by myself. i read some howto's about >it but they gave different information which tools you have to install in >order to compile a kernel. So I tried the following apt-get install: > >apt-get install gcc binutils make kernel-package > >After the installation I got the message of removing modutils and >modconf. And an additional warning that the system could be damaged, if I >remove this tools, because the kernel was compiled with modules. >Therefore I answered the question without 'yes' (I simply hit 'enter'). > >Now I'm really unsure what to do. Does my system have any conflicts now, >because I have install the tools above and not removed modconf and modutils? >Which tool is responsible for this warning? > >But more important: Which tools are absolutly necessary for compiling a >Ben's kernel??
gcc, the compiler make, a program that can check what to build, based upon "Makefile's" binutils, a bundle of programs (linker & assembler) for further processing about kernel-package apt-cache show kernel-package | grep -e "^D" -e "^ " # begin with D or space Depends: perl5, dpkg (>= 1.4), dpkg-dev (>= 1.4.0.9), gcc | c-compiler, make Description: Debian Linux kernel package build scripts. This package provides the capability to create a debian kernel-image package by just running make-kpkg kernel_image in a kernel source directory tree. It can also package the relevant kernel headers into a kernel-headers package. In general, this package is very useful if you need to create a custom kernel, if, for example, the default kernel does not support some of your hardware, or you wish a leaner, meaner kernel. It also scripts the steps that need be taken to compile the kernel, which is quite convenient (forgetting a crucial step once was the initial motivation for this package). Please look at /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/Rationale.gz for a full list of advantages of this package. . If you are running on an intel x86 platform, and you wish to compile a custom kernel (why else are you considering this package?), then you may need the package bin86 as well. (This is not required on other platforms). Geert St --------- Get my envelope closing key with `gpg --recv-keys 5511798F` or use the equivalent of your favorite Pretty Good Privacy software. The envelope opening key is already here.
