Changeset ddbbdde

Timestamp:

02/06/2020 11:43:11 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 9.1, ken/inkscape-core-mods, lazarus, plabs/python-mods, qt5new, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226

Children:

bba8013

Parents:

660a70c

Message:

Beyond BLFS - for Fedora point to the files now that I know where they have moved to.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@22634 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• introduction/important/beyond.xml (modified) (1 diff)

introduction/important/beyond.xml

@@ -152 +152 @@
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Fedora packages are now most-conveniently accessed by downloading
+          <para>Fedora package source gets reorganized from time to time.
+          At the moment the package source for rpms is at <ulink
+          url="https://src.fedoraproject.org/projects/rpms/%2A"/> and from there
+          you can try putting a package name in the search box. If the package is
+          found you can look at the files (specfile to control the build, various
+          patches) or the commits. If that fails, you can download
           an srpm (source rpm) and using <application>rpm2cpio</application> (see
-          the Tip at the bottom of the page. Go to <ulink
+          the Tip at the bottom of the page). For rpms go to <ulink
           url="https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/"/> and then choose
           which repo you wish to look at - development/rawhide is the latest