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[AmigaPhil@xxxxxxx]

Patrick Shanahan (ptilopteri@xxxxxxxxx) wrote something I wish to comment :
(news:<20050617203715.GV6309@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted on 17-juin-05  21:37:15)

>> I've compared the xorg rpm from the DVD and from the CD-ROM, in case
>> the one I used from the DVD during installation is corrupted: both
>> have the same size (10 743 701 bytes).  I tried to list the content with
>>
>> rpm --query -p xorg.x11-6.8.2-30.i586.rpm --list
>>
>> But, as I read in the man pages, the -p argument make the --list only
>> show the files that are patched (so no "geometry" there).
>> However, using the KRPMView preview from Konqueror, I saw the mysterious
>> missing files are really in the RPM.
>
> note: *much* irrelevant quote trimmed.
>
> rpm --query -p
>  -p calls for a package file, ie: an rpm file on a disk
>
>  -P will list patches

Oops, sorry, I mis-read "-p" instead of "-P" inthe man pages.
That's indeed with the -P option that -l (--list) only show patched files.

The confusion was probably caused by the

 rpm --query -p xorg.x11-6.8.2-30.i586.rpm --list

I tried expecting to see all the files in the .rpm did not show the files
I was specially checking for.


(As to get back relevant with the topic of this thread  ;-)
 I'll add that using rpm with --force option from runlevel 3
 did not help to re-install xorg properly in hope to fix the keyboard.)



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