On 18.03.2015, stan wrote: 

> How do you remove the old kernels so that they don't pile
> up indefinitely?  Manually?

Yes. Just delete the related files in /boot and the sourcetree in /usr/src.

> Or does this automatically replace the last
> version that was compiled and installed this way?

No.

> That is, does it use a generic install directory, or one that is
> stamped with kernel version?

The directories used are standardized, but only rpm or similar can guarantee a
proper replacement technique. It also doesn't make sense to directly replace a
kernel, because the new kernel may not boot.

> Here's my Fedora rpmbuild procedure:
[....]

That's really complicated, baah :-)


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