Why kernel source is not in Distribution that is installed

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mi, den 10.11.2004 schrieb Casimiro de Almeida Barreto um 4:14:

> In my opinion, there's no problem if kernel sources are placed in the
> SRPM repositories, but:
> 
> a) Why not install in /usr/src/linux-2.6.9-xxx ?
> b) Why not have the patches already applied ?
> c) It should compile cleanly...

> Casimiro

Please read the past discussion. If you take the kernel SRC.RPM you can
easily build a kernel sourcecode RPM from it which is exactly the same
RPM we have up to FC2. You then have the desired source (with patches
applied) below /usr/src/linux-2.6.x.

Alexander


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