Re: RFE: rpm2cpio should not need db3

[Chris Adams <cmadams hiwaay net>]

Once upon a time, Jeff Johnson <jbj@JBJ.ORG> said:
> On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 08:34:19PM -0600, Chris Adams wrote:
> > Once upon a time, Jeff Johnson <jbj@JBJ.ORG> said:
> > > So use the attached shell script <shrug>
> > 
> > The shell script doesn't work on packages I create on Tru64 Unix 5.1A
> > with rpm 4.0.3 (but the "real" rpm2cpio does).
> 
> Hmmm ...
> 
> I don't believe this. /usr/bin/rpm2cpio does nothing that rpm2cpio.sh
> does not do, certainly nothing wrto the payload contents.
> 
> I'm perfectly willing to believe that od on Tru64 has not the funky options
> needed by rpm2cpio.sh. I'm just not willing to believe that cpio crc format
> is changed by /usr/bin/rpm2cpio on Tru64.

I can use rpm2cpio.sh on Tru64 to decode packages built on x86 (or even
built on Linux/Alpha), but not packages built on Tru64.  I can copy a
Tru64 RPM over to a Linux/x86 box, and rpm2cpio.sh still does not work
while rpm2cpio(.c) does.

I can provide a sample package if you'd like.
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Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.