Get rpm2cpio and install that. then do this:
rpm2cpio foo.rpm | pax -r /full/path/to/filename -w /tmp -i
this will write the file interactively, so you can change the name.
for instance, if the specfile you want, when doing an rpm -qpl foo.rpm
shows up like: /usr/src/foo.spec.file but you want that file to go to
/pub/work instead, you run that command wiht the -i, and you should be
prompted to rename the file, so you can change it from
/usr/src/foo.spec.file to /pub/work/foo.spec.file.
Also, from what I hear, midnight commander and GNOrpm will handle that as
well.
cheers
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, ABrady wrote:
>
> On 28-Mar-01 Wolfgang Pfeiffer opined:
> > I'd like to extract a spec file from a existing SRC.RPM I have here ...
> > didn't manage it until now ... that's what I did:
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > $ rpm -q --specfile wget-1.5.3-6.src.rpm
> > line 1: Unknown tag: í«îÛb
> > query of specfile wget-1.5.3-6.src.rpm failed, can't parse
> > $
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > I need this spec.file to build it into a wget.tar.gz, which seems to be
> > newer than the source.rpm of wget that I have ... :)
>
> How about rpm -i the source, then copy/move the specfile from
> /usr/src/redhat/SPECS to wherever you need it?
>
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