It installs files in the /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/ and /usr/src/RPM/SPECS/
directory.
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Dan Swartzendruber wrote:
>
> Is there a trick to installing source RPMs? I
> downloaded samba-2.0.5a-3mdk.src.rpm from one of the
> mandrake mirrors, and installed it using 'rpm -ivh' (like all the binaries
> I do successfully). When I then
> query for the file list, I get told it isn't installed?
>
> [root@sphinx local]# rpm -ivh samba-2.0.5a-3mdk.src.rpm
> samba ##################################################
> [root@sphinx local]# rpm -ql samba-2.0.5a-3mdk.src.rpm
> package samba-2.0.5a-3mdk.src.rpm is not installed
>
>
