The Friday 2003-12-05 at 14:17 -0500, Bruce Marshall wrote:
One question, whats the diference between a kernel-source-2.4.*.rpm and a kernel-source-2.4.*.src.rpm (rpm vs src.rpm)
The .rpm would (I assume) contain the compiled kernel which would be placed in /boot.
The src.rpm would contain the sources for the kernel and would be placed in / usr/src.
Er... no, this is an special case. The 'k_deflt*.rpm' (and k_athlon*.rpm, etc) contains the binaries placed in '/boot', and also the compiled modules that go to '/lib/modules/kernelversion/*'. There are more than one version of this rpm, depending on the CPU. The 'kernel-source*.rpm' contain the sources that go to '/usr/src/linux_version/*'. There is only one (common for all cpu versions). The kernel-source.src.rpm contains the sources to the sources above. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson