Andrew Robinson said: > On my Ximian Evolution Summary screen, I notice that RedHat has an > advisory on the kernel. Given that kernel handling is an area of > ignorance for me, "Cool!" I think. Here's a chance to get some > experience. I clicked through and downloaded these two files: > > kernel-2.4.20-19.9.athlon.rpm > kernel-2.4.20-19.9.src.rpm > > I downloaded the src rpm because I thought at some point in the near > future, I might try building my own kernel, knowing that that's a good > skill to have. IIRC you want the kernel-source-2.4.20-19.9.i386.rpm: "Description: The kernel-source package contains the source code files for the Linux kernel. These source files are needed to build custom/third party device drivers. The source files can also be used to build a custom kernel that is better tuned to your particular hardware, if you are so inclined (and you know what you're doing)." [snip] > I figured this meant the compilation needed the kernel source. I thought > I had installed that, so I ran the command "rpm -qa | grep kernel". The > result was this: > > kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-13 > kernel-2.4.20-19.9 > kernel-source-2.4.20-8 > kernel-2.4.20-8 > > I ran the command "rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.20-19.9.src.rpm" again. Yet with > the "rpm -qa" command, the 2.4.20-19.9 source did not show up,again. > > At this point I figured there must be a fundamental knowledge problem. > Would some kind soul explain to me what I don't know. src.rpm packages don't go into the rpm database (kernel-source will, however, since it is an i386.rpm). -- William Hooper -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
