Description of problem: I don't actually know if this is a bug in the rpm dev tools or simply a release notes problem, but since a file I needed was missing from the kernel-devel package, I tried to follow the release notes instructions for building the full kernel source tree, and this is what I got: [root@zooty ~]# yumdownloader -e development-source --source kernel Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yumdownloader", line 26, in ? from yum.logger import Logger ImportError: No module named logger First roadblock - yumdownloader don't work, so I browse over to the SRPMS tree in firefox and download the rpm that way, then I try to prepare the tree, and I get this: [root@zooty SPECS]# rpmbuild -bp --target $(uname -m) kernel-2.6.spec Building target platforms: x86_64 Building for target x86_64 error: Failed build dependencies: unifdef is needed by kernel-2.6.17-1.2647.x86_64 Don't know what unifdef is a part of, but it apparently isn't part of the rpmdevtools package the release notes say I need to install. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.17-1.2647.x86_64 How reproducible: Don't thing the above errors are likely to change :-). Steps to Reproduce: 1. see above Actual results: Can't prep kernel source tree Expected results: Nice expanded source tree under BUILD directory Additional info: Missing file described in bug 206827.
OK, I found unifdef in extras, and was finally able to get the kernel source prepped. I guess the only actual bug here is the problem with yumdownloader, but the release notes on kernel development probably ought to mention unifdef as another rpm that needs installing (along with rpmdevtools and yum-utils).
yumdownloader fixed on upstream mailing list - needs new release see bug # 199175 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 199175 ***