James Antill wrote: > On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 08:52 +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > >> I'm bothered by the differences in their sizes. >> This list makes it easier to see relevant points: > > As Akemi said there is more than just "one size" for an rpm, the UI > value displayed is almost always "what the user wants to see" ... but it > falls down if you try and compare installed and not-installed sizes > using it. > > If you want to know how to compare them, or what the different values > mean I've tried to write it up so it's understandable: > > http://illiterat.livejournal.com/6439.html > Okay, I've downloaded the "short" kernel. It's filesize is (about) what yum reported, when I interrogated the downloaded rpm with rpm its size is more in line with the others: [root at tpMail yum.repos.d]# rpm -qip kernel-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.centos.plus.i686.rpm Name : kernel Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 2.6.18 Vendor: CentOS Release : 92.1.10.el5.centos.plus Build Date: Fri 08 Aug 2008 02:15:09 AM WST Install Date: (not installed) Build Host: builder16.centos.org Group : System Environment/Kernel Source RPM: kernel-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.centos.plus.src.rpm Size : 44636846 License: GPLv2 Signature : DSA/SHA1, Fri 08 Aug 2008 05:47:19 AM WST, Key ID a8a447dce8562897 URL : http://www.kernel.org/ Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system) Description : The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc. [root at tpMail yum.repos.d]# -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-)