Re: regarding source rpms

[Ed Greshko <Ed Greshko greshko com>]

VAIBHAV SHARMA wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a doubt regarding the source rpms for RHEL 2.1/3.
> 
> 1. I have a source rpms for i386. I wanted to know why the rpms for RHEL
> 2.1 (i386) contains patches for the other achitectures also? for eg:
> source rpm for i386 also contains architecture specific patches for
> ia64, x86_64, etc. Why is this so?

Why not?  Easier to distribute that way.

> 2. is it possible that a single source rpm may apply to multiple
> architectures?

Yes.

Hint "man rpmbuild" and look for "target".

> 3. How can I know the kernel source rpms available in link:
> http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/enterprise/3/en/os/SRPMS/
> is for which update (RHEL3 Update2/3/4) and its respective architecture ?

No direct way....but not sure why that's important.  You'd normally
always what the latest to get all the security releated patches.

> 4. Also, from where I can download the sources for "IA32e" architecture?

All in the same SRPMS.  See hint above.

Ed