F21: building kernels from srpms is broken

[Peter Robinson]

>>>> When build kernel from the source rpm I
>>>> get the following depmod failure:
>>>>
>>>> + depmod -b . -aeF ./System.map 3.16.1-301.fc20.x86_64
>>>> + '[' -s depmod.out ']'
>>>> + echo 'Depmod failure'
>>>> Depmod failure
>>>> + cat depmod.out
>>>> depmod: WARNING: /home/steved/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/kernel-3.16.1-301.fc20.x86_64/./lib/modules/3.16.1-301.fc20.x86_64/kernel/fs/gfs2/gfs2.ko needs unknown symbol dlm_new_lockspace
>>>> depmod: WARNING: /home/steved/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/kernel-3.16.1-301.fc20.x86_64/./lib/modules/3.16.1-301.fc20.x86_64/kernel/fs/gfs2/gfs2.ko needs unknown symbol dlm_unlock
>>>> depmod: WARNING: /home/steved/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/kernel-3.16.1-301.fc20.x86_64/./lib/modules/3.16.1-301.fc20.x86_64/kernel/fs/gfs2/gfs2.ko needs unknown symbol dlm_release_lockspace
>>>> depmod: WARNING: /home/steved/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/kernel-3.16.1-301.fc20.x86_64/./lib/modules/3.16.1-301.fc20.x86_64/kernel/fs/gfs2/gfs2.ko needs unknown symbol dlm_posix_unlock
>>>> depmod: WARNING: /home/steved/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/kernel-3.16.1-301.fc20.x86_64/./lib/modules/3.16.1-301.fc20.x86_64/kernel/fs/gfs2/gfs2.ko needs unknown symbol dlm_posix_get
>>>> depmod: WARNING: /home/steved/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/kernel-3.16.1-301.fc20.x86_64/./lib/modules/3.16.1-301.fc20.x86_64/kernel/fs/gfs2/gfs2.ko needs unknown symbol dlm_lock
>>>> depmod: WARNING: /home/steved/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/kernel-3.16.1-301.fc20.x86_64/./lib/modules/3.16.1-301.fc20.x86_64/kernel/fs/gfs2/gfs2.ko needs unknown symbol dlm_posix_lock
>>>> + exit 1
>>>>
>>>> What needs to happen to get this fixed? Should I open up a bz or
>>>> open up a ticket somewhere? Please tell me where to go... nicely! ;-)
>>>
>>> Didn't we discuss all of this in #fedora-kernel yesterday?  Did the
>>> advice we gave there not work, or?
>> Yes.. Your advice was to use 'fedpkg local' which does indeed work but
>> it also builds a bunch of rpms I don't need or use, like debug kernels.
>
> Which you failed to tell us yesterday.  Come on Steve.
>
>> When I rpmbuild from a srpm I use the following flags
>>    --without extra --without tools --without debug --without perf --without headers
>
> I'm guessing it's the --without extra that's breaking things.  gfs2.ko
> is typically shoved in the modules-extra package.  You aren't actually
> saving any build time by passing that, since everything in there is
> still getting built.  It's just winding up in some other package.  We
> should probably just remove that config switch because it really
> doesn't make sense.

I do the above all the time but I've never used the "--without extra"
so I suspect your correct on that.

Peter