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I dunno... there's several directories involved in a SRPM as opposed to a
tarball.
If I download source to something, I prefer a tarball, myself... bzip2'd
if I can find it that way.
- Mike
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On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Tom Savage wrote:
> Now a redirect on that answer:
> Why would a person use a source RPM instead of just using a tar ball?
>
> On 22-Feb-99 Michael Trausch wrote:
> > The source RPMs contain the "source code" to the software... the actual
> > C/C++/Basic/Assembly code, whatever... Most Linux software is in C or C++,
> > I forget which one it is. That way, when you install these RPMs, you can
> > edit the actual programs, recompile them, and use your binaries.
>
> > On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Tom Savage wrote:
> >
> >> Could someone explain in simple (newbie) terms, exactly what are "source"
> >> RPMS
> >> used for.
> >>
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