Info on options to yumdownloader

[Ahmed A]

Hello,

Thank you for your explanation.  

My understanding from reading the instructions in the
link, following the steps mentioned will only get the
kernel source for the currently-running kernel.  So,
why would yumdownloader get the latest kernel source,
unless there is an error in the instructions?

So, if I want to get the source for 2.6.18.., and not
the latest kernel (2.6.2-0...), what are the options I
should provide to yumdownloader.

Thank you,
Ahmed.



--- Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> Ahmed A wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have a FC6 system (with no updates).  When I do
> > 'uname -r', I get "2.6.18-1.2798.fc6", the
> standard
> > kernel that comes with the original FC6.
> > 
> > I have been reading and following the instructions
> in
> > the link
> >
>
"http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/RELEASE-NOTES-en_US.html"
> > section 8.6, to get the full kernel source to the
> > above kernel.  One of the instructions says:
> > 
> > yumdownloader -e core-source -e updates-source
> > --source kernel
> > 
> > Can someone please tell me what the options -
> > core-source and updates-source do?  I have done
> some
> > googling, read man pages, but to no luck.  Any
> > explanation or pointers to web pages that explain
> > these options would be appreciated.
> 
> In /etc/yum.repos.d you will find a bunch of
> repository files. The debug 
>   and source repositories are not enabled by default
> in these 
> repositories. The -e option enables the repositories
> with the names 
> "core-source" and "updates-source".
> 
> > Will the option "updates-source"  update my kernel
> > version.
> 
> It will get the latest source.
> 
> Rahul
> 
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