Using YUM to install core-source

[Rick Stevens]

On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 19:35 +0100, Stuart Sears wrote:
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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...)
> :)

I'm all for RTFM.  In fact, if people have to go read the FM, it seems
to stick in their memories a bit more.  Then again, sometimes all they
need is a "quick fix"--and that I'm REAL good at!  ;-)

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