How does one install kernel*.src.rpm ?

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 07:49:03AM -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote:
> --On Sunday, October 23, 2005 8:38 AM -0500 akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
> 
> >You place the
> >src.rpm in the directory /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS (this is not essential
> >but makes things more organized). Then you process the file by
> >running: rpm -ivh ...src.rpm
> 
> Not exactly. /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS is an *output* directory where an SRPM 
> is generated from a set of source tarballs, patches, and a spec file. You 
> can toss the original SRPM (.src.rpm) wherever is convenient. I like to put 
> mine in /usr/src/redhat/Downloads/<source>, eg. 
> /usr/src/redhat/Downloads/Fedora/4/updates, and then rebuild from there. If 
> you then run "rpmbuild -ba foo.src.rpm", the new repackaged foo.src.rpm 
> will be written to /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS.
> 
I agree that a src.rpm file can be put anywhere. However, if a
foo.src.rpm is not a source rpm what is it? Why exactly do you want to
repackage a src.rpm file that is already packaged.- 

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