How does one install kernel*.src.rpm ?
Rod Haper
rhaper at houston.rr.com
Sun Oct 23 03:57:58 UTC 2005
Parameshwara Bhat wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I tried to install kernel-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4.src.rpm with
> install-packages, it refuses to install source rpm.I use rpm command
> directly,it seems to process it,but installation doesn't seem to
> happen.I am producing the command results below.
>
> [root at sidharth rpm]# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4.src.rpm
> 1:kernel ########################################### [100%]
> [root at sidharth rpm]# rpm -qa|grep kernel
> kernel-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4
> kernel-doc-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4
> kernel-2.6.11-1.1226_FC4
> [root at sidharth rpm]# rpm -Uvh kernel-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4.src.rpm
> 1:kernel ######################################## [100%]
>
> When I look at the archive,it contains many patch files and another
> archive containing kernel sources. Can I just untar the kernel sources
> from the rpm archive into /usr/src ? Where do I send patch files ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Parameshwara Bhat
>
>
Read section 6.2.2.3 of the Fedora Core 4 Release Notes in
file:///usr/share/doc/fedora-release-4/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html#sn-kernel
or at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc4/#sn-kernel
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Rod
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