On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Joseph V Moss wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Joseph V Moss wrote: > > > > > > > > There's one more thing you should look at when examining an RPM to see what > > > it's going to install on your system: the install scripts. > > > > > > rpm -q --scripts somerpm.arch.rpm > > > > > > should let you see what changes the rpm will make besides just installing new > > > files. > > > > Thanks, but for some reason there seems to be a constituency of people > > out there who can't get over the idea that I'm not installing anything > > on my system this way. > > I understand what you want and for 99% of RPMs, using rpm2cpio to extract the > embedded cpio archive of files will get you what you want. I'm just saying > that you better not ignore the scripts. In some (a few) RPMs they represent > much more of a payload (and, in some cases, may even create more files) than > the cpio archive contents. > > In theory, you could have an RPM where 'rpm2cpio foo.rpm | cpio -idm' would > give you nothing but a simple README file, but 'rpm -i foo.rpm' would install > 30 files on your system. Wouldn't you like to examine those other 29 files too? > Then look at the script that generates them. Gee, I dunno. The CD I bought died in the jewlbox, hasn't a scratch on it. Had to download a copy off ftp.redhat.com....took about 16hours or so and there was little or no reference to that ftp site on their website...took me a couple days to find it. Also,I'm in a high bandwidth colo facility. After that, trying to find the packages that contain the binaries and init scripts I need is turning into a guessing game. And I have to deal with all this rpm stuff. What a headache. I don't think I'll be buying anymore Red Hat distros. Even when I purchased the one I had, the sales 'engineers' or whatever they call themselves didn't know anything more about the product than was on the box. I stopped at their booth at a Linux World, same thing. Thanks anyway, --Paul -- William J. Broad: "The crux... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing." _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
