On 02/21/13 08:01, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:21:28 +0100 poma <pomidorabelis...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> 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 >> > > Thanks very much for the detailed descriptions! I was wondering also: > is it possible to pull the .tar.gz (and/or the patches) in a package > SRPM using the above commands (such as rpm2cpio)? >
As Mich added, you should specify required file(s) - archived&compressed source, patch(es)/diff(s) and spec, or just omit it/them and you'll get all extracted: rpm2cpio foobar*.src.rpm | cpio -idmuv 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
