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SubjectRe: A SuSE riddle
markus reichelt wrote:
> * Bruce Ferrell <bferrell@baywinds.org> wrote:
>
>> markus reichelt wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> this goes out to the SusE folks in here:
>>>
>>> What the heck is needed to get one's hands on the contents of
>>>
>>> kernel-source-2.6.27.7-9.1.i586.rpm
>>>
>>> The usual tools fail.
>>>
>>> Downloaded from
>>> http://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/linux/opensuse/distribution/11.1/repo/oss/suse/i586/
>>>
>>>
>>> And why not provide a .CAB for it? Seems to work better anyway.
>>>
>> 1.) Try kernel-source-2.6.27.7-9.1.src.rpm instead
>
> Oh well, SuSE. Placing their eggs in different places...

Not exactly. i586.rpm is for 586 and up code just as i386.rpm is for
386 and up. src.rpm is for source code. you asked for the
kernel-source... source code so it fits the rpm scheme of things.

And the folks here are right. This belongs on the Suse lists.

My apologies all

>> 2.) Because CAB files are for windows silly trid :)
>
> A .CAB wouldn't need a .src.CAB, a .CAB would just frakking work :)
>


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