How to "make rpm" but no disk space left? (compiling kernel)

[Elenwynd]

I want to compile my kernel using the "make rpm" but the partition has no more spaces left.

Is there a way to compile the kernel inside another device or other partition because the partition that contain the "rpmbuild" is already full and I can't move anything or delete anything inside that folder.

[Firewing1]

Just temporarily make a new rpmbuild folder elsewhere by redefining "%_topdir" in ~/.rpmmacros. For example:

%_topdir /a/new/location/rpmbuild

You'll need to create the regular directories before getting started:

cd /a/new/location/rpmbuild; mkdir -p ./BUILD ./SPECS ./SRPMS ./BUILDROOT ./RPMS/i386 ./RPMS/i686 ./RPMS/x86_64 ./RPMS/athlon ./RPMS/i486 ./RPMS/i586 ./RPMS/noarch ./SOURCES

Now reinstall the kernel SRPM and you should be able to build using the .spec file in /a/new/location/rpmbuild/SPECS/kernel.spec.

[vms100]

But why to make a rpm when you dont have space to install it? :P

[phe]

Maybe he has no more space on this partition where he has rpmbuild setup.
But maybe he has "/boot" on an other partition, and there he has still some space left.

[vms100]

Yeah, for that, yes. (I forgot that I had all partitions combined)