Re: what is the difference between srpm and rpm?

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Subject: Re: what is the difference between srpm and rpm?
From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:35:37 +0000
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Y J Lorenzen wrote:

Manny times when I download I see files called srpm and rpm what are
they?

An SRPM ("Source RPM") contains the source code, patches and build scripts for a package. A regular RPM contains pre-built binaries ready for installation.

Paul.

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