Hi I use yumdownloader occasionally to grab RPMS. One thing that confuses me though is the --source option. I thought this would mean rather than getting the RPM that it would retrieve the source RPM. But it appears this isn't the case. Can anyone explain what this option actually relates to ?
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Clint Dilks <clintd at scms.waikato.ac.nz> wrote:> Hi > > I use yumdownloader occasionally to grab RPMS. One thing that confuses > me though is the --source option. I thought this would mean rather than > getting the RPM that it would retrieve the source RPM. But it appears > this isn't the case. Can anyone explain what this option actually > relates to ?This will help: http://www.bofh-hunter.com/2008/02/17/getting-the-source/ Thanks to Jim Perrin, Akemi
on 3-12-2008 4:40 PM Clint Dilks spake the following:> Hi > > I use yumdownloader occasionally to grab RPMS. One thing that confuses > me though is the --source option. I thought this would mean rather than > getting the RPM that it would retrieve the source RPM. But it appears > this isn't the case. Can anyone explain what this option actually > relates to ?That is what the man page says it is for, but maybe that option wasn't complete in older versions. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080312/f9888e5e/attachment-0002.sig>