Using YUM to install core-source

[Stuart Sears]

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Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 17:24 +0100, Stuart Sears wrote:
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>> Bruce Beare wrote:
>>> (resend with corrected from: address)
>>>  
>>>  I modified /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-core.repo and set the core-source repo to enabled.
>>> I likewise did the same for updatte-source. I then would expect to be able to do something
>>> like
>>>     yum install kernel-source
>>> or yum install kernel-src
>>>  
>>> Unfortunately, the kernel source doesn't show -- and a 
>>>    yum list all
>>> doesn't show anything from the core-source or update-source.
>> does this help?
>>
>> http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2006-February/msg00841.html
> 
> As Stuart says, yumdownloader knows how to use that repo, but not yum.
> I generally go directly to one of the repos (I prefer kernel.org) and
> download the kernel sources directly using anonymous FTP or an http
> download.  For example, the kernel source for the latest FC5 is
> available at:

in fact, having read the thread I referred to in more depth, to get the
sources via yum(downloader), you do this:

yum install yum-utils
enable the source repos in /etc/yum.repos.d
yumdownloader --destdir /some/where --source kernel

Regards

Stuart
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Stuart Sears RHCA RHCX
To err is human, to forgive is Not Company Policy.
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