Andreas Hanke schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> T. Lodewick schrieb:
>> it may looks like I'm on the wrong way, but ... for a lot of things I'm
>> doing here I need to install the sources of the kernel (and some other
>> stuff that cames drectly from the DVD ).
>>
>> so, the first thing after a fresh install is the install of the kernel
>> sources.
> 
> You are talking about the kernel-source package.
> 
> Even though this package contains the source code of the kernel, it is
> actually, packagemanagement-wise, a binary package and therefore
> included in the binary installation media.
> 
>> aren't that the same as the sources people are talking about ? and if
>> not - what are the diffs ?
>> the same question about all the other sources you can install directly
>> from DVD / ISO / internet - I realy can't see whats missing.
> 
> The guy who complained just doesn't get the difference between source
> RPMs and binary RPMs. He saw the kernel-source package, which is on the
> binary installation media, and concluded that Novell provides only the
> sources of the kernel and nothing else. This is obviously not the case,
> the sources of all other packages than the kernel are where the source
> RPMs are:
> 
> http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source/suse/src
> 
> Andreas Hanke
> 
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hi Andreas,

thanks for the info - so I'm not on the wrong way :) I've already get
the sources from there for a lot of stuff, so I was wondering what the
others are talking about. now, thats clear then :)

best regards,
JBScout aka Thomy

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