Hello Ben, On Wed, 31 May 2006 21:36:13 +0100 Ben Lancaster <benlanc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey, > > Having a bit of difficulty installing the 2.6.16 srpm for FC5: > > # yum list | grep kernel > kernel.i686 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 installed > kernel-devel.i686 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 installed > -- snip -- > > # uname -r > 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 > > All looks fine, right? Installing the srpm does this: > > # rpm -ivvh kernel-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.src.rpm > D: ============== kernel-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.src.rpm > D: Expected size: 43622689 = lead(96)+sigs(344)+pad(0)+data > (43622249) > D: Actual size: 43622689 > D: opening db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages joinenv > D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0 > D: locked db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages > D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Pubkeys rdonly mode=0x0 > D: read h# 711 Header sanity check: OK > D: ========== DSA pubkey id b44269d0 4f2a6fd2 (h#711) > D: kernel-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.src.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key > ID 4f2a6fd2 > D: added source package [0] > D: found 1 source and 0 binary packages > D: Expected size: 43622689 = lead(96)+sigs(344)+pad(0)+data > (43622249) > D: Actual size: 43622689 > D: InstallSourcePackage: Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 4f2a6fd2 > error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES > D: closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Pubkeys > D: closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages > D: closed db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages > D: May free Score board((nil)) > > A bit confused, RPM was downloaded straight from http:// > download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/5/SRPMS/ > > Can anybody point me in the right direction to trace this error? Am a > bit lost - never had an RPM issue like this - nowt in dmesg or /var/ > log/messages. Strange, I could install the same src rpm few days ago and compile it. Do you have custom rpmbuild settings or not installed fedora-rpmdevtools? Here is the reference I used to set up custom kernels: http://home.swbell.net/kwgow/kernel/steps.html Regards, -- wwp
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