On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 01:57:38AM -0500, Javier Perez wrote: > Does it mean that I have to download kernel-2.6.8.1-521.src.rpm ? Yes. > What is the difference between the kernel-sourcecode packages and the > *.src.rpm packages? The former is a confusing "binary" rpm containing an image of the kernel source. The latter is the source package actually used. > If I want to recompile the kernel (I might have to do it to solve a ACPI > DSDT problem with a laptop), what should I used, kernel-sourcecode or > kernel src.rpm? Use the src.rpm. (For Fedora Core 3, this confusion is going away, and there won't be a "binary" package of the source anymore.) -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
