[rhn-users] Installing a source RPM

[sean thomson]

Thank you sir, that did the trick!

--- Rigoberto Corujo <rcorujo at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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