Re: how to differentiate between binary and source rpm

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq jbj gmail com>]

On Oct 28, 2006, at 2:44 AM, Rohitashva Sharma wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
>
> I will go according to your recommendation. please tell me how to test
> for non-existence of tag RPMTAG_SOURCERPM in any rpm.

Presumably you want a test from the shell.

Here's a source rpm:

$ rpm -qp --qf '%{sourcerpm}\n' rpm-4.4.8-0.1.src.rpm
(none)

Here's a binary rpm:

$ rpm -qp --qf '%{sourcerpm}\n' rpm-4.4.8-0.1.i386.rpm
rpm-4.4.8-0.1.src.rpm

73 de Jeff