use yum to install SRPM files?

[Paul Howarth]

Gerald Thompson wrote:
> I have an unusual question.
> 
> I was thinking of using yum to install the source packages instead of 
> downloading the iso files, but I am not sure what to put into the yum 
> command to get it to download the newest versions of the SRPMS.
> 
> I know how to set the repositories in yum.conf, and I even have a pretty 
> fast mirror in my home city that I use.
> 
> But what would you type in to install the SRPM files without already 
> having them on the system to update, would you have to do one package 
> group at a time?
> 
> I know I should probably just stop being lazy and just download the ISO 
> files and just mount them and install that way, I was just wondering if 
> there was a way to let yum download the updated versions and install 
> them to the system right directly.

Why not just mirror the SRPMS directory?

What are you intending to do with the SRPMS?

Paul.