Can you query installed .src.rpm's - and delete them ?

[John Summerfield]

David Timms wrote:
> Hi, had a bit of a look for how to remove various src rpms that I've 
> messed with when trying to track bags etc. I though they may be tracked 
> in the rpm database, but google nor maximum rpm do not seem to have an 
> answer.

They are not tracked in the rpm database.

For info on how to remove the source,
man rpm
man rpmbuild



> 
> I can see they got installed under /usr/src/redhat, but what is the most 
> foolproof way to get rid of particular ones ?

First, best to create ~/.rpmmacros and store the rpm source in ~ and not 
in /usr/src. Ignore what RH does in this case.



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John

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