On Fri, 9 Mar 2018, Tom H wrote:
On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 4:51 PM, Robert P. J. Day rpjday@crashcourse.ca wrote:
On Fri, 9 Mar 2018, Tom H wrote:
On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 4:09 PM, Ed Greshko ed.greshko@greshko.com wrote:
On 03/10/18 03:38, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
subject says it all ... what is the purpose of the file /usr/lib/rpm/rpm2cpio.sh given the existing binary executable /usr/bin/rpm2cpio?
The best place to ask would be at one of the resources list here http://rpm.org/community.html
It's just a script (read it!) that does the same job as the "rpm2cpio" executable.
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?
It must be provided by upstream for people to be able unpack rpms without installing rpm executables and libraries. I grab it when I need to do so on non-Fedora, non-RHEL, non-RHEL-clone systems.
ah, mystery solved, thanks.
rday