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Commit 8818039f95 ("kbuild: add ability to make source rpm buildable
using koji") added the BuildRequires: field.
Checking the build dependency is fine, but one annoyance is that
'make (bin)rpm-pkg' fails on non-rpm systems [1]. For example, Debian
provides rpmbuild via 'apt install rpm', but of course cannot meet the
requirement listed in the BuildRequires: field.
It is possible to pass RPMOPTS=--nodeps to work around it, but it is
reasonable to do it automatically.
If 'rpm -q rpm' fails, it is not an RPM-managed system. (The command
'rpm' is not installed at all, or was installed by other means.)
In that case, pass --nodeps to skip the build dependency check.
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/Y6mkdYQYmjUz7bqV@li-4a3a4a4c-28e5-11b2-a85c-a8d192c6f089.ibm.com/
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.