Hello, Thank you very much for the explanation, appreciate it a lot. I understand it much better now. As for why no updates, well, I was on this path and wanted to know if possible and how to do it. And it should be possible, for a user of a system to get the kernel source of running kernel. Well, I tried the steps, and something is wrong (meaning, not working). When I issued the command, I get the following: $ uname -r 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 $ yumdownloader -e core-source -e updates-source --source kernel updates-source 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 core-source 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 120 kB 00:00 ################################################## 404/404 primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 305 kB 00:01 ################################################## 1154/1154 kernel-2.6.20-1.2933.fc6. 100% |=========================| 6.3 MB 00:24 kernel-2.6.20-1.2933.fc6. 100% |=========================| 6.3 MB 00:00 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yumdownloader", line 191, in ? Why is rmpdownloader downloading 2.6.20 (when my currently-running kernel is 2.6.18). Am I doing something wrong? Regards, Ahmed. --- Todd Zullinger <tmz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front
