"Mike A. Harris" wrote:
>
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, John Summerfield wrote:
>
> >> >I think it would be a good idea that binary packages (built with rpm) to
> >> >automagically include the spec file (and to place it under
> >> >/usr/doc/package.../). This is helpfull in 2 situations:
> >> > - as an inspiration for new package builders
> >>
> >> I disagree. It is just extra file clutter on the hard disk that
> >> is totally unnecessary. If someone wants inspiration for
> >> building packages, the .spec is in the src.rpm. The spec is
> >> useless without the rest of the files that it uses to build
> >
> >Oh, I don't know.
> >
> >If the kernel binary rpms included the spec used to create them, I'd have a
> >rough chance of putting one together myself without downloading the whole
> >src.rpm.
>
> How can you compile the kernel without the kernel source code
> though? It is needed to compile the kernel (obviously), so I
> don't see why someone couldn't just get the Red Hat kernel
> src.rpm to start with which contains the source..
ohhh men, did you use to think before write ? have you heard about
kernel-source-xxx.i386.rpm ?
-- Levente
"The only thing worse than not knowing the truth is
ruining the bliss of ignorance."
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