[TriLUG] RPM sources and ham radio

[Ronald H. Evans]

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I too would like to see a TriLUG net on 2 meters or 75 for that matter.  My 
current Linux ham radio project is to make Xlog work for rig control with 
Kenwood.  Currently the only programs with which I am forced to use XP are my 
Amateur radio programs.  I find it an iritation really.  We should be able to 
change that.
Best regards (73),
Ron, K4KTB

On Monday 02 June 2003 09:37 pm, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> Dr. David Johnson wrote:
> > Hi gang, this is David Johnson, a long-time Linux fan and dabbler,
> > I'm nowhere near an expert but have been playing with Slackware
> > and RedHat for several years. Lately I've been working with Mandrake
> > 9.1 and want to get a Netgear MA401 wireless NIC playing on my
> > Toshiba 325CDS laptop. Netgear provided driver for Redhat 7.3 and
> > I hope this works for Mandrake. Seems like a lot of steps. First
> > I found I needed source code for the kernel on my machine.
> > Hey no problem I used the Mandrake RPM manager to install the
> > kernel sources, and confirmed the path so I could specify this
> > correctly in the the make config for the wireless card driver.
> > But I found it also needed the sources for the pcmcia drivers.
> > I did already install this package from the RPM manager, but I
> > don't think (or don't know) this also gave me the sources.
> >
> > I think my question is this (oops many questions):
> >
> > How can I get the sources out of the RPM file?
> > Is it possible to extract the sources from any RPM file?
> >
> > How can I be sure to know the path of the sources when I do
> > extract them to my system?
> >
> > Ahhh, seems I am so close, I really want to try this driver!
>
> Hi David,
>
> The sources aren't contained in the binary rpm.  Rather, they
> are located in the src.rpm file.  If you do
> "rpm -qip <binary rpm file>" it should tell you what the name
> of the src.rpm that was used to build that binary rpm.  Find
> that file and you can find the sources.
>
> Once you find the source rpm, you can convert the rpm file
> to a cpio stream which you can then pass in a pipe to cpio like this:
>
> rpm2cpio <source rpm file> | cpio [options, see man pages]
>
> That will allow you to extract the source files.  It won't,
> however, apply any patches in the rpm file, setup a build
> environment, etc... To do that, you need to setup an RPM
> build environment.  To do that, create a file in your home
> directory called ".rpmmacros".  In it, put a line like this:
>
> %_topdir /path/to/rpm/build/environment
>
> In the path that your specify, create the following directory
> structure:
> BUILD/
> RPMS/i386
> RPMS/i586
> RPMS/i686
> RPMS/noarch
> SOURCES/
> SPECS/
> SRPMS/
>
> You can then install the source rpm like any normal rpm
> using "rpm -ihv <source rpm>".  The source files (including
> patches) will go in the SOURCES directory and the spec
> file (which tells how to build the rpm) will go in the
> SPECS directory.  Go to the specs directory and you can
> unpack the sources and apply any patches like this:
>
> rpmbuild -bp <specfilename>
>
> That will untar the package in the BUILD/ directory
> and apply any patches to it.  You can check the rpmbuild
> man page for other options which include compiling the
> rpm, installing it into a chrooted environment (more or less)
> and packinging it up as an rpm.
>
> > I'm a ham radio operator and interested in TCP/IP over ham radio.
> > Anyone else into that?
>
> Actually, I've been meaning to send a message about this
> to the list.   Lately I've noticed several of our members
> express interest in ham radio and some have even take the
> test and gotten their licenses.  I was wondering if anyone
> might be interested in forming a TriLUG Special Interest
> Group to explore linux and ham radio.  TCP/IP over ham radio
> is one aspect of that.  Other things could be using the
> Linux Soundmodem driver, using GNU Radio to do Software
> Defined Radio, Packet Radio, etc...  We also just about
> have enough people to think about putting together a
> TriLUG Ham radio Net (not to all non-hams, this is different
> from the type of network you're used to :-).  Does any of this
> appeal to anyone?  If so, please let me know. :-)
>
> Tanner Lovelace
> KB4TYE
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