On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 02:42:50AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "unlike rpm which you need to compile rpm to access a .rpm." > > I think not. I managed to open an .rpm using the Gnome file manager in a > debian-based installation. An .rpm appears to be a cpio archive. Correct me, > folks, if this is misinformation.
i just tried to extract an rpm with cpio, it failed miserably. rpm
may be BASED on cpio file format but that is not what it is anymore.
as for gnome i would not be surprised if it used /usr/bin/rpm to do
the extraction. in fact:
dlocate -s gmc:
[...]
Suggests: gpm, rpm, gedit, eeyes
[...]
hmm wonder why it would suggest rpm? perhaps becuase it uses rpm to
access .rpm files?
> Besides, you can always "alien"-ate an .rpm
dlocate -s alien:
[...]
Depends: debhelper (>= 0.88), perl5 | perl (>= 5.004), rpm (>= 2.4.4-2),
dpkg-dev, make, cpio
[...]
there it is again, seems alien just runs /usr/bin/rpm to access the
.rpm file. in fact i recall Joey saying this is how it works in the
past.
from the alien man page:
For converting from and to .rpm format the Red Hat Package
^^^^^^^^^^^
Manager must be installed (See rpm (8) ).
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
i stand by my statement, it is NOT misinformation.
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Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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