On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:30:22 -0500 Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > stan wrote: > > On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:17:02 -0800 > > JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Is there an online source code browser for Fedora Packages? > > > > I've never heard of such a thing, and it would be a big project. I > > hope someone knows of one, it would be convenient. > > > > As far as I'm aware, the way to do this is to create a build tree in > > your home directory, > > rpmdev-setuptree > > and then get the src.rpm package, > > yumdownloader --source<package name> > > and install it in the build tree, as a user. > > rpm -ivh<package name> > > Once this is done, move to the SPEC directory, > > cd ~/rpmbuild/SPEC > > and run the rpmbuild command to unpack everything. > > rpmbuild -bp<package name>.spec > > At this point the source will be unpacked in > > ~/rpmbuild/BUILD/<package name> > > You can then look at it with the editor of your choice. > > Thank you for the concise description of how to do this, I'm going to > use it (with attribution) the next time someone hits me with "how do > I..." on building from source. > You're welcome, glad it was helpful. It probably exists on the Fedora wiki somewhere, though probably not so succinctly stated. I do know the "compile a custom kernel" page has a more detailed and involved explanation. I forgot to mention in the above that the patches that fedora applies will be in the ~/rpmbuild/SOURCE directory after unpacking. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
