On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: >> I have been able to extract some packages by using "tar -zxvf" after >> renaming the extension to tar.gz - though I cant with all packages (and >> I dont know why). > > Try it with `file': it will usually tell you what kind of file you're > looking at. `ipkg' packages have used various formats over time, the > ones I remember are .tar.gz and ar. In bith cases, the content is a few > meta files plus a .tar.gz (so you stupidly get double compression if the > outer wrapper is .tar.gz).
AFAIK file should return you a 'debian binary' file format for ipk packages now. r -- | risto h. kurppa | risto at kurppa dot fi | http://risto.kurppa.fi _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community