Hi Linus,
Linus Hicks wrote:
The Kernel sourcecode is not like kernel-source. It is a noarch rpm that does not get arch specific patches added to the source, making it relatively worthless as a package for building kernels.
Note that alternatively, you can make your own kernel-sourcecode rpm by editing the spec file once you install the .src.rpm. You will see several "%define"s right near the front, one of which is "buildsource" and by setting that to "1" (and I usually set the others to "0" so it won't take so long), rather than doing the rpmbuild -bp, you can then do something like:
rpmbuild -bb --target i686 kernel-2.6.spec
and you will get your own kernel-sourcecode rpm in the RPMS/<arch> directory.
As Johnny already pointed out in his post - the kernel-sourcecode rpm that you generate using this method will not really be the kernel source that reflects the real state of the binary kernel.
Try building a kernel out of this source, compare with the binary kernel built out of the .src.rpm and the point is easily demonstrated.
- K