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Bug 76737

Summary:	Instructions for building a custom kernel leave out a required step
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Mark Harig <maharig>
Component:	rhl-cg	Assignee:	Tammy Fox <tammy.c.fox>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Tammy Fox <tammy.c.fox>
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Description Mark Harig 2002-10-25 16:53:30 UTC

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Description of problem:
On page 258 of the Red Hat 8.0 Customization Guide, the third paragragh is:

"If you want to use the settings of a default Red Hat Linux kernel, copy the
configuration file from the /usr/src/linux-2.4/configs directory to
/usr/src/linux-2.4/.config.  Then, run the 'make xconfig' command and only make
the desired changes. Be sure to save your changes to the configuration file."

Because I had no desired changes, I did not run 'make xconfig'.

The next paragraph begins with:

"Other available methods for kernel configuration are listed below:"

Further down the page is item 6:

"6. After creating a /usr/src/linux-2.4/.config file, use the command 'make dep'
to set up all the dependencies correctly."

Somewhere between the third paragraph and item 6, a clear statement needs to be
added to tell the reader that it is insufficient to simply copy an existing
configuration file to /usr/src/linux-2.4/.config, but that one of the
xconfig/config/menuconfig/oldconfig targets *MUST* be updated also.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rhl-cg(EN)-8.0-Print-RHI (2002-08-14T17:28-0400)


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Read page 258 of the Red Hat Linux 8.0 Customization Guide.

	

Actual Results:  Because I did not run 'make oldconfig' after copying a
configuration file to /usr/src/linux-2.4/.config, I could not update the
dependencies using 'make dep' without errors.

Additional info:

Please see bug report 75359 for the origin of this bug report.

Comment 1 Tammy Fox 2002-10-26 02:35:17 UTC

Thank you for the help. I will look into the problem more thoroughly
and make sure it is documented clearer in the next version.

Comment 2 Tammy Fox 2002-12-12 19:51:47 UTC

I added a sentence at the end of the third paragraph saying that you must
run make xconfig or equivalent before continuing. It will appear in the next
version.