Yum and SRPMS

[Colin Paul Adams]

>>>>> "Alexander" == Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> writes:

    Alexander> Am Mo, den 22.11.2004 schrieb Colin Paul Adams um
    Alexander> 20:41: up2date has a switch to download SRC.RPM
    Alexander> packages.
    >>  But how do you use it?
    >> 
    >> If I try:
    >> 
    >> up2date --get-source kernel
    >> 
    >> it just comes back and prompts me with about 40 options, most
    >> of which have scrolled off the screen.

    Alexander> up2date --nox --get-source kernel

Ah. The release notes don't give that --nox option.

    Alexander> works here for me. With "40 options" you mean it prints
    Alexander> out the options up2date understands? Here I have
    Alexander> up2date version 4.3.47-5 on FC3.

I guess so.

Now after being prompted to import GPG keys, and doing so (why doesn't
it do it, if it knows what needs doing?), I end up with a 404 HTTP
error when trying to fetch the rpm.

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Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire