Re: source RPM "(contains no files)"

[Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc doink com>]

On 14 November 2006 at 23:34, Tim Mooney <mooney dogbert cc ndsu NoDak edu> wrote:

> > I did try rpm2cpio, but I didn't have the same luck with it as you Tim.
> 
> Did you try the binary that was probably built as part of some rpm build you
> did, or did you try the script that Jeff has sent to this list a few
> times over the years?
> 
> I used the script, and it's worked very well for me.
> 
>  	rpm2cpio foo.src.rpm | cpio -idv

As you suspected, I used the rpm2cpio binary built in the same make 
that built the rpm that also couldn't read the .rpm files.  My rpm to 
cpio pipe looks substantially like yours; you didn't use the -c nor 
-m flags.

I just did a web search for an rpm2cpio script.  Is this the one 
you're referring to? 

    http://linuxmafia.com/pub/linux/utilities-general/rpm2cpio
 
I tried the script on an rpm I have at home, and it worked just fine.
I don't have any of the older rpms here tho, so I'll wait 
until tomorrow to test it on one of those.

There's also a Bourne shell variant and another perl script here:

http://www.fedora.redhat.com/docs/drafts/rpm-guide-en/ch-extra-packaging-tools.html

Thanks for the tip about there being more than one rpm2cpio.


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Kevin