Re: RPM Packages

[Lord of the Elves <elflord pegasus rutgers edu>]

In message <3 0 2 32 19971005200208 0068cb6c rdr net>,RTS writes:
>To All:
>
>	Here is a somewhat dumb question regarding packages...
>
>	There are several different packages when it comes to kernel rpm's.
>
>	kernel-source.2.0.30.i386.rpm
>	kernel-headers.2.0.30.i386.rpm
>	kernel-devel.2.0.30.i386.rpm
>	kernel-modules.2.0.30.i386.rpm
>
>	Could someone please elaborate on what each of these is for??
>
>	Are they necessary to install when up-dating a kernel??
>
>	Could I just un-tar linux.2.0.30.tar.gz and compile a new kernel withou
>t
>any problems????  Or do I need to have all of the rpm's installed???
>
In particular, what's the two-minute HOWTO on kernel upgrades for RedHat users?
what about other bits and pieces like C libraries? What is difficult to
understand with linux is which files and packages are "system" and which ones
are "add-ons" because there are overlaps and grey areas (for example, tcl/tk is
essential to do a lot of things in X, but it's not really part of X-windows).

is there anything else that one needs to upgrade when upgrading the kernel ?

-- Donovan