Re: How can i find files not controlled by rpm?

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq jbj gmail com>]

On May 28, 2006, at 7:55 PM, Tom Hicks wrote:

> I've built an LFS system and I've installed rpm.  I've created  
> packages for almost everything I have installed.  Can anyone tell  
> me an easy way to find all the files on the system that rpm does  
> not control.
>
> I want to create a set of rpms that I can install via rpm --root to  
> install a complete system.
>
> If there isn't an easy way I'll take a hard one too I just can't  
> come up with anything else than installing them to another folder  
> and doing a diff but I believe parsing through the diff output  
> would be a bitch.

Make two lists and diff is the simplest way.

The rpm list is
    rpm -qal | sort -u

The installed list is
    find / | sort -u

Invoke find on known directories like /usr, and grep the rpm list, if  
you want smaller pieces of the puzzle.

You should not have to install packages in order to generate a rpm  
file list, use
    rpm -qpl *.rpm | sort -u
if working from packages rather than a database.

Another way to get the same information on a per directory basis is
    cd /usr/bin
    rpm -qf * 2>&1 | grep "not owned"

73 de Jeff

> Thanks,
> Tom
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