[CentOS] kernel source

Thu Mar 23 20:22:21 UTC 2006
Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org>

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On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 02:12:15PM -0600, Andrew Zahn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to install the kernel src rpm that I've downloaded from the 
> CentOS ftp, kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm. I hope to compile the kernel 
> with XFS enabled. However, I have tried to simply run:
> 
> [root at se4 ~]# rpm -iv kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm
> 
> and it complains back:
> 
> warning: group builder does not exist - using root
> warning: user builder does not exist - using root
> warning: group builder does not exist - using root
> warning: user builder does not exist - using root
> warning: group builder does not exist - using root
> warning: user builder does not exist - using root
> ....
> 
> then an rpm -q kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm says:
> package kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm is not installed
> 
> Anyone know what is going on??

Pretty much.

.src.rpm is not the kernel source code, it is the source of the
kernel rpm package.

Yes, it does have the kernel source code in it, but it is not
as simple as the old kernel-source package.

You will have to check on /usr/src/redhat, which is the .src.rpm
files are installed.

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Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org>
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