yum and .src.rpm download feature?

[Justin Conover]

Sorry, seems like I only run "test" box's so just posted here, I'll
look at bugzilla.


On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:38:24 -0400, seth vidal <skvidal at phy.duke.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 10:34, Justin Conover wrote:
> 
> 
> > Is there away download src rpms with yum currently or is that a
> > feature that is being looked at?  It would be nice to be able to d/l
> > the source rpms with something like:
> >
> > yum source httpd
> >
> > Just curious if there is something similar or if this is a feature
> > that is possible and if others would like to see something like this
> > or is it just me?
> >
> > Or possible something like:
> >
> > yum install source httpd
> >
> > That would d/l and install/unpack in /usr/src/redhat/* or any other
> > dir the user chooses like ~/rpmbuild/* (giving user access at the same
> > time)
> 
> 
> This is off-topic for this list. And it's really almost off-topic for
> fedora-devel, too.
> 
> If you want to put in a feature request for an application look at that
> application's mailing lists and bugzilla.
> 
> Fedora uses the Upstream so asking fedora-test or fedora-devel about new
> features is not the best place.
> 
> -sv
> 
>