On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:29:34AM +0300, Aharon Schkolnik wrote:
> On Thursday 10 July 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 05:15:07PM +0300, Aharon Schkolnik wrote:
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > I am looking for the source for  /lib/libtermcap.so.2.0.8 which comes
> > > from rpm libtermcap-2.0.8-35.
> > >
> > > Everything I have found so far points me to sunsite, but I can not find
> > > the sources there.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know where I can find the sources ?
> >
> > Don't you?
> >
> >   rpm -qfi /lib/libtermcap.so.2.0.8
> >
> > What is the "source rpm"?
> 
> I had no problem finding the source rpm.

What is the source RPM (ncurses-something?)

> I was looking for the source for the source rpm - the project tar ball.
> Seems termcap library has been replaced by curses, and looks like we are 
> going 
If it's from a decent source, you'll find copies of it in mirrors.

A source rpm is essentially a cpio archive that includes sources (usually
just a single tarball) and patches, with a spec file that defines how to
build it.

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