On 03/10/18 05:51, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
yes, i grok that, but given the existence of the rpm2cpio executable, is there any additional functionality provided by that script? why is it there? what purpose does it serve above and beyond the rpm2cpio program?
You really should go ask the fine folks at rpm.org as your question is very specific to software they supply. They would be the subject matter experts.