Ahmed A wrote: > I have a FC6 system (with no updates). Any particular reason why no updates? > I have been reading and following the instructions in > the link > "http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/RELEASE-NOTES-en_US.html"; > section 8.6, to get the full kernel source to the > above kernel. One of the instructions says: > > yumdownloader -e core-source -e updates-source > --source kernel > > Can someone please tell me what the options - > core-source and updates-source do? The -e (or --enablerepo) option enables a repository. In this case, it is being used twice to enable both the core-source and updates-source repositories. Those are the same as the core and updates repos, except they contain the source rpms instead of the binaries. > I have done some googling, read man pages, but to no luck. It seems that the yumdownloader page doesn't list the -e option. It is listed in the --help output though: $ yumdownloader --help usage: /usr/bin/yumdownloader [options] package1 [package2] [package..] options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG config file to use (defaults to /etc/yum.conf) --destdir=DESTDIR destination directory (defaults to current directory) --urls just list the urls it would download instead of downloading --resolve resolve dependencies and download required packages --source operate on source packages -e REPO, --enablerepo=REPO enable repository I just filed a bug and submitted a patch to add this option (and the similarly missing --config option) to the man page. See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/235142 > Will the option "updates-source" update my kernel version. No. To update your kernel you should just use "yum update kernel" or to update all of the packages on your system, "yum update". HTH, -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ====================================================================== As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it. -- Dick Cavett, in "Playboy", 1971
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