[ale] (FA)Q: installed kernel SRPM - now what?

[James P. Kinney III]

A note: you ill need the rpm-build package. Then, as root, 
"rpm --rebuild ./kernel-*.src.rpm"  will make the binary rpm's. And it
will take a LONG time.

On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 18:20, John Mills wrote:
> Jonathan -
> 
> Thanks for catching this.
> 
> On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Jonathan Glass wrote:
> 
> > Did you try installing the kernel-source-2.4.18-5.rpm?  That is a bit
> > different than the kernel.xxxx.src.rpm. 
> 
> OOPS - that looks like what I _thought_ I was getting. I did a search on
> RedHat for the file I _actually_ got, and didn't know the difference. I'll
> go looking for the 'right animal', but maybe the answers to my 'how to do
> it' question will teach me something. Or maybe I'll be able to build the
> RPM. (Slow modem is no problem for a console session into the VPN.)  Or
> maybe the horse _will_ sing ...
> 
> Also, getting the proper file will have to wait for Monday, since all ways
> I could pass that file to its target involve a bottleneck through my Win98
> laptop on a 28.8 modem where I'm sitting. I still haven't figured how to
> get my linux box to successfully complete its VPN login. &8-(
> 
> 
>  - John Mills
> 
> 
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