On 02/21/13 02:47, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:30:50 -0800 Rick Stevens <ri...@alldigital.com> > wrote: > >> On 02/20/2013 05:16 PM, Ranjan Maitra issued this missive: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I was wondering if it is possible to download a spec file using yum >>> or rpm only (without downloading the rpm)? >> >> Don't think so. The spec files are part of the srpm generally, so >> you'd need to grab that, install the srpm and grab the spec from >> your "~/rpmbuild/SPECS" directory. > > Thanks, Rick! I would think so too but here it says that there is a way > out: > > from > https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/programming-9/how-to-extract-spec-file-from-rpm-file-426847/ > > > rpm --scripts -qp my-great-app-1.1.2.rpm > > My question therefore is: is it possible to achieve this without > downloading the rpm for my-great-app (of course, assuming the same is > in the Fedora repos). > > Sorry I should have been clearer in my first message. >
There is no scriptlet(s) repo, neither spec repo. Make difference between scriptlet(s) and spec file, also between binary and source rpm: - "foobar.rpm" == RPM binary(bin) - beside others, possibly contains "…the package specific scriptlet(s) that are used as part of the installation and uninstallation processes"- man rpm 8. One can download binary rpm: yumdownloader foobar and list/concatenate it(them): rpm --scripts -qp foobar.rpm - "foobar.src.rpm" == RPM source(src) - beside others, contains spec file - building specification. One can download source rpm: yumdownloader --source foobar and extract it: rpm2cpio foobar*.src.rpm | cpio -idmuv *.spec Cheers, poma -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org