I believe that the S stands for source. The SRPMs are useful if you want to compile your own packages. I have only used SRPMs when the regular RPMs aren't available. For instance, since I have a custom kernel, the nVidia RPMs aren't suitable. I get the related SRPM, do a rpm --rebuild to match my kernel/setup, and things are happy all around.
-Jeff On Tuesday 04 June 2002 10:42 am, you wrote: > S stands for supplemental, I believe, so no, not required. I've never > installed the programs from them, but did download the iso for 7.1 once.. > ONCE. Has anyone found useful/fun stuff on the SRPMS? > > dean > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edward Haddock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Linux Users Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 10:29 AM > Subject: [luau] SRPMS for ReHat 7.3 > > > All, > > What are the ISO images of the SRPMS for? Required? Or just additional > > programs? > > I was thinking of d/ling and burning them. > > Thanks > > Edward > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUAU mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
