On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 11:12:37AM -0400, Aaron Bennett wrote: > Can yum do something similar to apt-get source <package> which installs > the source rpm for a package if it can find it? I'm guessing, from the > man yum and man yum.conf, the answer is no. That is correct. Currently, yum cannot fetch and install source rpms. > Is this a design decision? No. It's a result of finite programmer-hours and higher priorities. Nobody seems interested enough to implement it. Take a browse through the archives (use the "site:lists.dulug.duke.edu" trick on google to search) for a little more detail. -Michael -- Michael D. Stenner mstenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ECE Department, the University of Arizona 520-626-1619 1230 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721-0104 ECE 524G
