Re: given /usr/bin/rpm2cpio, why exists /usr/lib/rpm/rpm2cpio.sh?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 9 Mar 2018, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 03/09/2018 11:38 AM, 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?
>
> I believe /usr/lib/rpm/rpm2cpio.sh validates that the given file IS
> an RPM in the first place, then uncompresses it based on what
> version of RPM was used. IIRC, different versions of RPM used
> different compression schemes (bzip2, gzip, xz, lzma and zstd to
> name a few). Not sure that /usr/bin/rpm2cpio can handle the older
> RPMs. I could be wrong (and probably am).

i see nothing to suggest that rpm2cpio invokes rpm2cpio.sh for that
purpose, can anyone else weigh in here?

rday