FC3rc5 : how to regen 2.6.9-1.649 kernel tree from kernel-2.6.9-1.649.src.rpm

[RON FLORY]

  This may be covered in a FAQ, README or DOC somewhere, but
I've not been able to find it...

  If FC3T3rc5 was not intended to contain the necessary data to
reconstruct the source tree, then i apologize in advance...

  I disagree with moving the kernel-source RPM from the install
disks to the SRPMS anyway, but kernel-2.6.9-1.649.src.rpm does
not appear to contain data necessary to reconstruct the kernel
source tree as shipped in the FC3T3rc5 - its not even close.

- This SRPM contains many patch files, but none of them
   result in a 2.6.9-1.649 kernel source tree.
- There is no README.
- There are two different 'final' tar.bz2 patch sets- which is
   real?
- Some of the patches appear to be against very old versions
   of the kernel, not against 2.6.9 .
- this RPM contains the original 2.6.9 tarfile as found
   on kernel.org.
- applying the 'final' patches against the 2.6.9 source tree
   results in several warnings and 'reversed' patches.
- I would suggest providing a script to install/patch the
   kernel.

  There needs to be an easy-to install kernel-source RPM (like
there used to be under RHL) for newbies, i.e., one that installs
an exact image of the kernel sources in /usr/src/linux-x.y.z-n.mmm
without requiring the user to guess which patches to install, or
even how to apply these patches, otherwise the same 'how do I
reconstruct the kernel sources' questions will appear over
and over and over....

  Aside from this, FC3T3c5 looks pretty good.

ron