On Thu, Nov 20, 2003, Eli Billauer wrote about "Re: [Haifux] Linux source code": > Hello, > > It's quite weird that the Linux source would not be in the three > "normal" CDs. Source or not, it's a mainstream part of the distro.
Actually, the source of the Linux *kernel* is indeed part of the normal (binary) Redhat distribution - is is a package called "kernel-source". It is *NOT* an "SRPM", but rather a normal package (installing stuff to /usr/src/linux-*/). It is an important package because a significant (though not high) percentage of Redhat users want to recompile the kernel. The sources of the rest of the so-called GNU/Linux system - applications, libraries, and so on - come in "SRPM" packages that 99% of the Redhat users will never touch. For this reason they are available as a seperate CD and it is not normally distributed in installation parties and the likes. If you want the sources of a specific application, you can search for it individually on the web. -- Nadav Har'El | Thursday, Nov 20 2003, 25 Heshvan 5764 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-790466, ICQ 13349191 |How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if http://nadav.harel.org.il |a woodchuck would chuck wood? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
