Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:45:46 -0700 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: Red Hat ES4 GPL Issues? |
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Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 11:15 -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > >>Arjan van de Ven wrote: >> >> >> >>>>But anyway, what has this thread to do with the kernel? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>since when does something need to be on-topic for Jeff Merkey to post to >>>lkml ? ;-) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>I got the RPM's and located them from an earlier responder to the post. >>It was just disturbing >>that RedHat does ont include the sources when you install from binary -- >>which they always have >>before. >> >> >> > >you forgot to download the cd images labeled "source". >What's the problem??? > > I did not download them, procuement here did and they did not grab the SRPMS iso's
> > >>I am glad Red Hat is still distributing the code, but I am disappointed >>they are no longer >>including it in the base RPM install. >> >> > >oh you don't mean the src.rpm but the full kernel source code installed? >That's explained in the release notes; it's 2 shell commands to create >it, and it's in a way silly to make an exception for the kernel here >compared to all other software. And CD real estate on the binary cd's is >scarse as well. > > > > > I know but this deviates from how they did it in the past. No worry, sooner or later Linux will get so large in these distros, you will need a DVD to hold all of it, so I can understand if space was at a premium on those CD iso images.
:-)
Jeff
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