seife/kernel-obs-build

OBS build kernels for non-SUSE distributions

kernel-obs-build

OBS build kernels for non-SUSE distributions

The OBS can use the distribution's kernel for build VMs, however it needs to be prepared for this task. So for newer SUSE distributions, there is a package kernel-obs-build, which does exactly that.

Basically the original kernel is copied to

/.build.kernel.kvm  # KVM worker version, usually kernel-default

and an initrd .build.initrd.kvm is created.

These spec files here try to do the same for non-SUSE distributions.

Note that I have split kernel-obs-build into two packages: kernel-obs-build and dracut-obs-build, with the former BuildRequiring the latter. This is to avoid the need of root rights for rpm building, which needs admin access to your build service installation.

So how to use this? Create a package kernel-obs-build in your project, add the .spec and .changes files and commit. The two packages should now build one after another. Then edit your project config with osc meta prjconf -e yourproject and add the line VMInstall: obs-kernel-build. From now on, the distro kernel is used for building.

Good Luck :-)

Notes

• your build service installation needs to be new enough to support the multibuild feature
• previous versions tried to build XEN kernels/initrds, too, but I never succeeded in actually getting them to work, at least with CentOS-7, so I dropped them. The OBS reference installation also uses only KVM workers, so just go for that :-)