Can you query installed .src.rpm's - and delete them ?

[John Thompson]

On 2008-01-08, David Timms <dtimms at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> Hi, had a bit of a look for how to remove various src rpms that I've 
> messed with when trying to track bags etc. I though they may be tracked 
> in the rpm database, but google nor maximum rpm do not seem to have an 
> answer.
>
> I can see they got installed under /usr/src/redhat, but what is the most 
> foolproof way to get rid of particular ones ?

.src.rpm's aren't really intended to be "installed" as such; rather they 
are intended to be built into binary packages via the "rpmbuild" 
utility. 

When you install a .src.rpm using the "rpm" utility, all that happens is 
that the source tarball and various patches get installed into 
/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES, and the .spec file gets installed into 
/usr/src/redhat/SPECS; it is not tracked in the rpm database until a 
binary package is built and installed from the source tarball and 
patches.

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John (john at os2.dhs.org)