Re: How can i use rpm to retrive a specific file from a package?

["Technical" <technical sojourn dyndns org>]

> Technical wrote:
>> what is top - post?
>>
>> I still get the same problem
>>
>> ail mc[root sojourn root]# rpm2cpio
>> /var/spool/up2date/sendmail-8.12.10-1.1.1.i386.rpm | cpio -ivd
>> ./etc/mail/sendmail.mc
>> 4574 blocks
>> cpio: premature end of archive
>> [root sojourn root]#
>
> Check if your rpm is good. It might be incomplete or corrupt.
> md5sum sendmail-8.12.10-1.1.1.i386.rpm
> 1787392cd6455978ba0181726d89842b  sendmail-8.12.10-1.1.1.i386.rpm
> ls -l sendmail-8.12.10-1.1.1.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1018439 Oct 29 13:39
> sendmail-8.12.10-1.1.1.i386.rpm
>
> top-posting is when you reply -above- the post rather than below it.
> It makes it more difficult for people to follow the conversation.
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If the checksum of my package si the same as the original, does that mean
that the packet is not corrupt??