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