[Bug 645653] [NEW] kernel is unbuildably large

[LaMont Jones]

Public bug reported:

The linux package, as of lucid, has a disk footprint at build time in
excess of 23GB on amd64, and maverick crosses the 25GB threshold.

As a result, nearly all of the PPAs fail to build the package, because
they run out of disk space.  The second largest package (to my
knowledge) is openoffice.org, which is a bit over 6GB.

The failure mode in some situations causes the PPA build to loop
indefinitely until someone notices and we kill the build.

Can we please teach the kernel build process how to use /bin/rm from
time to time to keep its footprint down to something reasonable?

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: Confirmed

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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kernel is unbuildably large
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/645653
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