On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 05:36:01PM +0100, Andy Green wrote:
There is now a SRPM for the kernel sources, eg,
http://ftp.belnet.be/linux/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/SRPMS/kernel-2...
It always was. Nothing changed here from the first distribution which used an rpm packaging.
However, I tried to patch the kernel using this and retired baffled from the field.
How did you try to do that? A correct way, if you really need patched sources and not just data in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build which most likely you are really after, is to install that src.rpm with 'rpm -i ...' followed by 'rpmbuild -bp kernel.spec' in your SPECS directory. You will end up with properly patched sources in your BUILD.
This was already discussed on this list a few times including explanations how not to use a 'root' account for this.
Michal