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hokasch

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Registered: 2007-09-23

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Compile Kernel rc - clarifying questions

Since I never compiled a kernel myself, and managed to screw up my system with far less sensitive tasks in the past:

I want to build 2.6.32-rc6, but have no interest/time to dive into custom configuration.
Is it save to download all the files for the current kernel26 package from svn, adjust the PGKBUILD for .32 (source, kernel name), build and install with pacman?
Can I substitute the arch patch in the PGKBUILD with the upstream patch for .32 (just skimmed through, but seemed to me that the only other patch was for aufs2)?

And would all this result in a "nearly" stock arch configured 2.6.32-rc6 kernel?

tavianator

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From: Waterloo, ON, Canada

Registered: 2007-08-21

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Re: Compile Kernel rc - clarifying questions

That should work.  You'll want to change the pkgver to 2.6.32_rc6 or something, so you might have to change some things that rely on the pkgver in the PKGBUILD.

Alternatively you can use kernel26-git from AUR.  It's a bit more bleeding edge than the -rcs, but I've been running it for a while with no problems.