On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 04:12 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Gabriel M. Elder wrote: > > > So... what am I missing here, folks? Is it possible to install a source > > rpm from a source repo via yum or yumex? If so, how? Has this capability > > just not been implemented yet? Or should i just wget what i need and > > forget about using yum to fetch sources? > > # yum install yum-utils > # yumdownloader --source kernel > > Otherwise > > # yum install yum-downloadonly > > # yum install --download-only kernel > > Rahul > One learns something new every day. Lets be clear. You are saying that yum install --download-only kernel will, not only download a source kernel but run the equvalent of rpm -i x.src.rom -> spec file rpmbuild -bb -> binary rpm and rpm -i -> install the binary rpm. > -- ======================================================================= All of life is a blur of Republicans and meat! ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
