[rhn-users] Installing a source RPM

[Rigoberto Corujo]

There should also be a "linux*.bz2" file in the
SOURCES directory to which the patches will get
applied to.

If you go to the SPECS directory and do an "rpmbuild
-ba <filename>.spec", you should see the BUILD
directory get populated.

Rigoberto

--- sean thomson <s_thomson at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Howdy Folks,
> 
> Sorry if this has been asked before, but I've not
> found anything on the web regarding this...
> 
> I'm trying to install one of the kernel SRPMS from
> my
> RHEL 4 CDs and after I run 'rpm -hvi
> kernel-2.6.9-5.EL.src.rpm' all I get is the original
> .spec file in /usr/src/redhat/SPECS and a bevy patch
> files in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES.
> 
> I'm expecting to either get something in
> /usr/src/redhat/BUILD or
> /usr/src/kernels/2.6.9-5.EL-i686
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
> 
> Sean Thomson
> 
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