Wayne Betts wrote:
> I'm trying to get the src.rpm for kernel 2.6.9-34.EL on an SL 4.2 box.  
> I can't find a kernel-2.6.9-34.EL.src.rpm file within the SL download 
> site.  So first question:  is it there somewhere?
> If not, can I get 
> ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9-34.EL.src.rpm 
> and expect it to match the binary kernel distributed by SL?
> Are there any legal reasons not to do this?
> 
> (I read the FAQ on the disappearance of the kernel-source.rpm, and I do 
> in fact want the full source -- but the faq's answer of where to get the 
> src.rpm file doesn't seem to help.  It says:
> 
> Obtain the kernel-<version>.src.rpm file from one of the
>            following sources:
> 
>               o The SRPMS directory on the appropriate "SRPMS" CD iso image
> 
>               o The FTP site where you got the kernel package
> 
> Since this is an updated kernel, the ISO is effectively obsolete, and 
> the FTP sites' SRPM directory does not include the 
> kernel-2.6.9-34.EL.src.rpm file.)
> 
> Wayne

You can get the kernel src.rpm from

ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/4x/SRPMS/vendor/errata/

Here is the reasoning on why it is there, maybe it will help you remember.
4x - all the src.rpm's can be built on any S.L. 4x machine
SRPMS - it's the src.rpm's directory
vendor - These rpm's came from the vendor (RedHat)
errata - These rpm's are an errata from the vendor, they were not part 
of the original release.  These should be the same as the errata at
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS
original - These rpm's were part of the original vendor release.  These 
should be the same as in
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/4/en/os/i386/SRPMS

Can you get the src.rpm from where you pointed to?
Yes, it should be the same as what we have.

Is it legal?
Sure, as long as you didn't need to put in some special password you had 
to pay for.  (It might even be legal then, but I'm not totally 
positive.)  But that's why I put the link I did, because you can get in 
anonymously.

Will it be binary compatible?
Well that all depends on how you build it.  A src.rpm is a 'source' rpm, 
not a 'binary' rpm.  If you built it on a debian system, the odds are it 
isn't binary compatible.  If you built it on a S.L. 4.x system, then the 
odds are quite high that it is compatible.

Troy
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