There's one more thing you should look at when examining an RPM to see what it's going to install on your system: the install scripts.
rpm -q --scripts somerpm.arch.rpm should let you see what changes the rpm will make besides just installing new files. > > On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Paul Thomas wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Michael Fratoni wrote: > > > > > > rpm2cpio SysVinit-2.77-2.i386.rpm | cpio -dim --no-absolute-filenames > > > > > > > > I get a 'broken pipe' error:( > > > > > > Hrmm, > > > I don't have that version available at present. Have you verified that the > > > rpm is good? It works here with a slightly different version. > > > > Looks like my cpio might not be good. On the non-RH machine, I have > > never used it before and it might need to be upgraded. > > I found a the latest cpio (GNU cpio version 2.3) but it does not > support the --no-absolute-filenames switch. What version are you using? > > BTW, I gave it a go and it unpacked the rpm as I need it to. Now to > go find the rpm's of interest. > > Thanks again Michael! > > --Paul > > > -- > William J. Broad: "The crux... is that the vast majority of the mass > of the universe seems to be missing." > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
