Can't yum install his kernel sources from the built in package management?
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/ \Shane Hathaway wrote: > Andres Gonzalez wrote: >> So, I am thinking I should just download the source for this Fedora >> Core 5 system. I have been using yum as a package manager and really >> like it. But I cannot seem to find out what the package name is for >> the kernel source. >> >> Does anybody here know how I can download the source for my kernel >> (2.6.15) using yum? > > I imagine you're looking for this... > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.18-8.el5.src.rpm > > If 'uname -r' says "2.6.18-8.el5", then this is the matching source > code. If it's not an exact match, you should be able to find the right > kernel source package here: > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/updates/SRPMS/ > > Note that it's a source RPM rather than a binary RPM. You should handle > source RPMs a little differently, although yum might have some support > for source RPMs. > > Shane > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */
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