On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 12:02:42AM -0400, Hong Hsu wrote: > #rpm -ivh --force kernel-2.4.18-3.src.rpm > #rpm -qi kernel-2.4.18-3 > The Install date was 12/16/2002. It didn't updated! Well, no, it won't. You just forced the install of a src.rpm. That just gets unpacked in /usr/src/redhat/ or whatever you've set your %_topdir to in your ~/.rpmmacros file. Installing .src.rpm packages will _not_ effect the machine's RPM database. It only effects files in the filesystem, wherever you've set it to unpack them. Be careful -- there are also kernel-source _binary_ RPMs, that contain something a little more in line for users to manipulate for their own personal use. (It won't build ~14 flavours of kernels..) > #cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-3 You should run "make mrproper" before copying the config file over. At least Red Hat's kernel-source rpms need this step. (The kernel .src.rpms are built through an entirely different mechanism, so you won't need to touch any of this stuff. :) > #cp configs/kernel-2.4.18-3-athlon.config ../.config > #make dep -- People who separate manpages from the programs they document would steal sheep. -- apologies to Goudy
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