Tried to run 2.6.0-test1
Again I cannot keep up with the mailing list. If anyone wishes to advise or has questions, please kindly contact me directly.
In addition to my previous message quoting myself, I lied yet again:
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I've downloaded modutils-2.4.21-18.src.rpm from Rusty Russell's directory
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Odds are I can probably gunzip and tar and compile the new modutils, but will the resulting executables get installed into the right places without using the rpm command and its spec file, I'm not sure I want to chance it.
I read the two README files. BOTH OF THE GZIPPED TARBALLS PRODUCE THE SAME EXECUTABLE FILENAMES, such as insmod.
If I can get both of them to build, how can I guess which one to install?
Besides, I tried building module-init-tools-0.9.11a even after its configure script failed. There are a lot more differences than just the type of cpu, from the compilation options when trying "rpm --rebuild". For example no -D options for combining various stuff, no URL to explain tainting, etc. Also this one's "make install" doesn't install the lsmod command.
I really really lied. I'll never figure out how to build these things without help. As I understand it, all I need at this point is the new modutils for execution on an i586.