-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Don Russell wrote: > Tony Nelson wrote: >> At 9:15 PM -0700 6/20/06, Don Russell wrote: >> >>> I just created a bugzilla report for an ftp problem I'm having (ref >>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196103 ) and >>> thought I'd take a look at the source code to see if I can figure out a >>> solution. >>> >>> But.... my first problem is.... how do I get the source code? I don't >>> want to d/l the entire collections of source CDs just I can one pogram >>> that's a few hundred K Bytes. :-) >>> >> >> []# yum install yum-utils >> >> []$ yumdownloader --enablerepo=core-source --source ftp >> >> You can also browse the fedora downloads from the links in the FC Release >> Notes, which is what I used to do. > > That's cool... I just d/l the .rpm file.... now I'm trying to see how I > can just extract the individual files into a folder, without actually > installing it (again) installing a src rpm is not the same as installing a 'normal' one. rpm -ivh ftp-...src.rpm will extract the files into /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES /usr/src/redhat/SPECS but if you are planning on playing with and rebuilding the RPM to test it, you should do this as a non-privileged user, *not* root. see here: http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/BuildingPackagesGuide Regards Stuart - -- Stuart Sears RHCA RHCX To err is human, to forgive is Not Company Policy. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEmRo0amPtx1brPQ4RAjpLAJ4hFO2yJbH6D5UI7t5vDdpNLV76kACeJ1B5 wqx3ER3uCyKRPNXbUMngy+Y= =H/Ib -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
