Hi!

On Mit, 2011-07-27 at 12:31 -0400, Rodger Swann wrote:
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I have to use rpmbuild to build my kernel.   I also have to apply 
patches and replace source code in the kernel source tree.   I have 
figured out how to patch the files that I need patched by adding   Patch 
blah and then AppyPatch in the spec file.  I then created a sym link to 
the patch file in the rpmbuild SOURCES directory.

Now on to replacing the code in the source tree.  I have tried 
untaring/unzipping the kernel source , putting in my source and 
retarring and zipping, I have tried symlinking it, etc.  But each time 
the build directory contains source code that is not the code that is 
what I inserted and it is not clear to me where it is coming from.   I 

Apart from thing, that that is more of an rpmbuild than kernel problem:
The build directory (the one under */BUILD) is every time created from
scratch (unless some options are used).
In the .spec file, you have sources - usually a tar.gz - which gets
extracted by some command in the .spec file.
And than, the patches are applied as listed with the %patch line.

You should actually see in the shell, what the .spec file is actually
doing.

am fairly frustrated so if anyway has encountered this or knows how to 
do it I would appreciate the help.    Spoon feeding is not required a I 
will gladly rtfm but I will need a nudge in the right direction.

	Bernd
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