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Dieter@be

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Registered: 2006-11-05

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Packages: binaries, sources, headers, ...

Hi, I'm confused.
I read somewhere that every package gives you not only the binaries and manpages, but also the full sources.
Didn't whoever said this actually meant 'header files' instead of full sources?  I see header files in /usr/include, but no sources in /usr/src (just kernel headers here) or /usr/local/src (totally empty).  Where are the sources? What's the kernel-headers package for exactly if the kernel26 package contains all the headers?  Where do I get the sources of the kernel(package)?
How is all the 'upstream content' for a project split up?

Bonus question:  How does all this relate to -dev packages on Debian?  Someone told me -dev packages on Debian are not 'just sources/headers'.  Then what are they?

Thanks!

Dieter

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skottish

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Re: Packages: binaries, sources, headers, ...

The full sources are not distributed through *.pkg.tar.gz files. However, running makepkg on a PKGBUILD file will. An easy way to do it if you want the kernel sources is through ABS. Copy the kernel26 folder somewhere that you have write permissions and run 'makepkg -o'. This will download the kernel sources as well as any supporting files, unpack them, but will not build the software.