> > > I can think of a number of uses for such a tool. For example, to read
> > > the documentation of a package before installing it on a different
> > > (Linux-based) system; or to unpack a source-rpm in order to build it
> > > with Cygwin.
> >
> > Bad idea. Most RPM'S contain specific RH pat
On 2000/10/12, Igmar Palsenberg wrote:
>
> > I can think of a number of uses for such a tool. For example, to read
> > the documentation of a package before installing it on a different
> > (Linux-based) system; or to unpack a source-rpm in order to build it
> > with Cygwin.
>
> Bad idea. Most
> I can think of a number of uses for such a tool. For example, to read
> the documentation of a package before installing it on a different
> (Linux-based) system; or to unpack a source-rpm in order to build it
> with Cygwin.
Bad idea. Most RPM'S contain specific RH patches, most of them being
Igmar Palsenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Can anyone tell me which tool can open RPM package on Window 95 and where to
>download it?
>
> There isn't, and it serves no use anyway.
I can think of a number of uses for such a tool. For exa
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Can anyone tell me which tool can open RPM package on Window 95 and where to
>download it?
There isn't, and it serves no use anyway.
Second, I'm glad there isn't. Saves tons of bugus bug reports.
Igmar
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Michal Jaegermann writes:
> > Somewhere floating around there is a perl version of rpm2cpio.
>
> This is what I wrote one day a long time ago:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> use strict;
>
> my ($buffer, $pos, $gzmagic);
> $gzmagic = "\037\213";
> open OUT, "| gunzip" or die "cannot find gunzip; $!\n"
> Somewhere floating around there is a perl version of rpm2cpio.
This is what I wrote one day a long time ago:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my ($buffer, $pos, $gzmagic);
$gzmagic = "\037\213";
open OUT, "| gunzip" or die "cannot find gunzip; $!\n";
while(1) {
exit 1 unless defined($pos = re
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 01:51:29PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Can anyone tell me which tool can open RPM package on Window 95 and where to
> download it?
Somewhere floating around there is a perl version of rpm2cpio. If you can
find this and set up the cygwin environment under W95, you sh
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