From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <199904100854.DAA08011@lists.linuxppc.org> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:53:44 -0400 From: "L. S." To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: RE: Uhh...Where Is The Source? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Thanks, All. I now understand why I can't find the source files. Since the rpm-related man pages seemed misleading to me (--rebuild), and while waiting for more responses, I've been viewing uncompressed ".tar.gz" files on the Mac side. Therefore, and I haven't tried the various hints and directions yet. I'll boot over. Thanks. L. S. >===== Original Message From puetzk6715@uni.edu ===== >Yes, this is a redhat thing. Though you can (as you fond out) use .tgz, >srpms include all patch files, etc a nd a spec so the system can usually >auto-build the software > >ie, rpm --rebuild will take an SRPM and make a binary RPM from it. > >rpm -bp will unpack it for you to play with in /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/ > >On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, L. S. wrote: > >> >> I can't find any source code for the LinuxPPC applications. I've been going >> around in circles trying to find ".c" files for fetchmail, sendmail, vim, etc. >> Every directory in /src, /etc, and such seems to have an "SRPMS" or "RPMS" >> directory in it which, themselves have "SRPMS" and "RPMS" directories...which >> makes me confused. >> For comparison, I checked around on the internet for other Linux packages and >> found the source files as ".tar.gz" files. I also did see some kernel code on >> my machine, but not all of the other code. >> >> What's with all the same-name directories in different locations? Where >> exactly is the source? Is this a Red Hat thing? >> >> I feel like I'm lost in a large amusement park and going around in circles. >> >> Yes, I'm pretty new here. >> >> L. S. >> >> :-| :-) ;-) :-) >> * :-| :-) ;-) :-) * [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]