Re: How does one install kernel*.src.rpm ?

akonstam_at_trinity.edu
Date: 10/24/05

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    On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 07:17:02AM -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote:
    > --On Monday, October 24, 2005 8:08 AM -0500 akonstam@trinity.edu wrote:
    >
    > >I agree with that but why exactly do you want to procedd a source rpm
    > >to get a source rpm. Are you assumeing a change in the spec file along
    > >the way.
    >
    > It's more an issue of file management. Say I download the FC4 kernel SRPM.
    > I want to know where I got it from, so I put it in a directory that
    > identifies the source, eg. download/Fedora/4/updates. Files in SRPMS are
    > ones I created through rpmbuild, as opposed to ones I downloaded.
    >
    > I grab source RPM's either because I want to rebuild them tuned to what I
    > have on my system (via the embedded invocation of configure in the spec
    > file) or because I want to customize the build by editing the spec file.
    > For instance, I might want a custom kernel with a different config or an
    > additional patch.
    >
    > I also grab source RPM's to debug problems, by unpacking and "prep'ing"
    > (via "rpmbuild -bp") the sources and then grepping the sources for the
    > error message I'm getting. I can then inspect the program logic to see why
    > I'm getting that error message.
    I understand your approach but that is not what the original poster
    wanted to do. He just wanted to process a source rpm. the -ba option
    is not what he needs. 

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