Getting Kernel Source

[Gain Paolo Mureddu]

Paul Howarth wrote:

> Glenn Story wrote:
>
>> What is the recommended way of getting the kernel-source package
>> update that matches a kernel update retrieved with up2date?  If I
>> request source with up2date (either generally or specifically for the
>> kernel rpm) I get complaints about error 404 file not found.
>
>
> Which version of Fedora Core are you using? FC3 has no kernel-source 
> package.
>
> In general you can get the kernel src.rpm from the SRPMS directory of 
> the Fedora updates directory for your distribution on your favourite 
> Fedora mirror site.
>
> Paul.
>
I think he means the package kernel-sourcecode like in FC2 or 
kernel-source package as in RH and FC1. I know you can "make" such a 
package from the kernel.src.rpm, I still think it may be convenient to 
have one such package for those cases where you need them.