> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:17:37 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Looking for: A quick how to make a deb from a (kernel) rpm > > On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:44:23 -0500 (EST), Stephen Powell wrote: > > I guess I'm getting old and can't see. > > ... > > OK, let's try again. I did find this package > > http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/xen-hypervisor-3.4-amd64
I have already created a xen-hypervisor-3.4.2-amd64 deb binary, but I trust the work of the Debian community more then mine :) > > But this is the hypervisor only, not the dom0 kernel that > needs to go with it. I also found this thread on > the debian-devel mailing list archive for January of 2010: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/01/msg00033.html Thank you! I believe you have found me a solution for a dom0 kernel, although it does not involve splitting open the rpm packages. I will know when I get some time to read up on git kernel tree revision control. On http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2010-01/msg00592.html Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: By the way they now have a gitorious mirror so there is no need to download rpm's and extract the patches from them. http://gitorious.org/opensuse/kernel-source/commits/master If my assumptions are correct I should be able to download a snapshot of a supported kernel source from kernel.org and patches (to xenify) the source code from the git tree. After compiling the patched source code into a -xen kernel I will make a binary deb package. > > Keep following the thread with the "Thread Next" link. > It may provide some useful information. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > -M _________________________________________________________________
