kernel sources...
 

hello...

i was looking for ways to get the configured versions of the kernel sources [ by efault these sources are not present in my system, i dont know why and how ] and stumbled upon the following command:

lets say i want to get the kernel sources for 2.6.9-1.667smp [ Fedora Core 3 release ]

if i use the command:-

$rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.9-1.667.src.rpm
[ SRPM file obtained from Fedora website ]

can anyone tell me whether the command above will build and install the whole kernel or it will just extract the kernel source files?

i will be doomed if the command above installs the kernel. its a server and with lots of warnings i managed to get the root password...so could not afford to do anything nasty....even accidentally !!

please help !!

thanks,
rpb

That is a source rpm package. Because of the redundancy in supplying a kernel-source package and a kernel-<version> source package, Fedora Core 3 only distributes the latter.

Here is a web page with instructions on how to procede:
http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaxi...o_install.html

thanks for the reply..

but actually my question was whether the command i refered would build the kernel or it would just extract the sources...and the url you pointed out does not contain that info..

thanks,
rpb

According to the article:Please refer the the rpmbuild man-page. It states that the -bp option only performs the prep stage. This stage unpacks the source tarball, applies patches and changes the permissions of files where necessary.

even if you accidentally give the command to rebuild the kernel from the kernel source rpm it will just make a binary rpm not install it -- so you are in total safety land