Using YUM to install core-source

[Stuart Sears]

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Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 18:37 +0100, Stuart Sears wrote:
>> Rick Stevens wrote:
>>> As Stuart says, yumdownloader knows how to use that repo, but not yum.
>>> I generally go directly to one of the repos (I prefer kernel.org) and
>>> download the kernel sources directly using anonymous FTP or an http
>>> download.  For example, the kernel source for the latest FC5 is
>>> available at:
>> in fact, having read the thread I referred to in more depth, to get the
>> sources via yum(downloader), you do this:
>>
>> yum install yum-utils
>> enable the source repos in /etc/yum.repos.d
>> yumdownloader --destdir /some/where --source kernel
> 
> That's correct.  I tend to not use yumdownloader but the anon FTP
> or http method I mentioned.  However that's purely a personal
> preference.  Use that which makes you comfortable.

oh, absolutely.
I just thought I'd mention that as my prior post was possibly a tad
terse (and arguably verging a little close on RTFM...)

:)

Stuart
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Stuart Sears RHCA RHCX
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