[Mageia-dev] source rpms - newbie question

Thu Jul 19 16:29:14 CEST 2012

Le 19/07/12 13:02,blind Pete nous adresse ces quelques mots :
+> Guillaume Rousse wrote:
+> 
+>> Le 19/07/2012 05:19, blind Pete a écrit :
+>>> util-linux-ng-2.18-4.1.mga1.src.rpm is safely downloded to my local
+>>> drive.  Now what do I do with it?
+>>>
+>>> urpmi --install-src ./util*
+>>> gives a lot of errors about iurt not existing and using root
+>>> instead, but does not seem to install anything into /usr/src/RPM/
+>>>
+>>> This is probably obvious to everyone here - except me.
+>> What is not obvious, tough, as what you are trying to achieve exactly...
+> 
+> I want to look at the source code.  I was expecting that command 
+> line to install (unpack) the source code into /usr/src/RPMS/ but 
+> maybe --install-src compiles and installs *from* source code?  
+> 
+> Either way, what is the approved method of looking at the contents 
+> of a *.src.rpm file?  An RTFM is perfectly apropriate here - as 
+> long as it includes a link to the FM.  
+
+If you want to browse the specs, you can also look at the svn:
+
+http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/updates/2/util-linux/current/
+
+or
+
+http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/util-linux/current/
+
+-- 
+Malo
+