Issue on the relationship of the three rpms

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mi, den 29.12.2004 schrieb Park Lee um 7:34:

>   In fedora/linux/core/updates/2/SRPMS/, we can see
> there is a kernel-2.6.9-1.6_FC2.src.rpm, while, in
> fedora/linux/core/updates/2/i386/, there also is a
> kernel-sourcecode-2.6.9-1.6_FC2.noarch.rpm.
>   Since these two rpms both contain kernel source,
> What is the difference with the two?

The src.rpm is the basis for building the binary kernels for different
architectures from it, as well as to generate the kernel-sourcecode rpm.

rpmbuild -ba --target=i386,i686,noarch kernel-2.6.9-1.6_FC2.src.rpm

will do so. kernel-sourcecode-2.6.9-1.6_FC2.noarch.rpm contains the
patched kernel sources and deflates during installation to /usr/src/.
While the kernel src.rpm will install/deflate to /usr/src/redhat/.

With FC3 there is no more kernel-sourcecode rpm, because the src.rpm
contains the same and a bit more. See the FC3 release notes about this
and how to get the sourcecode package if really needed.

>   And, What's the relationship between them and
> kernel-2.6.9-1.6_FC2.i686.rpm ?

That is the kernel binary for the i686 architecture.

> Park Lee

Alexander


-- 
Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | new address - new key: 0xB366A773
legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html
Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on Athlon kernel 2.6.9-1.6_FC2smp 
Serendipity 12:30:27 up 6 days, 14:14, load average: 0.37, 0.80, 0.72 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/attachments/20041229/da001378/attachment.sig>