Patrick Shanahan (ptilopteri@gmail.com) wrote something I wish to comment : (news:<20050617203715.GV6309@wahoo.no-ip.org> 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.) AmigaPhil, world citizen. /No MS-HTML mail please/ PGP key: 0x9C07F6C1 -----BEGIN PRIVATE MESSAGE----- The following garbage may or may not contain crypted message. At least you now know I'm an advocate for the respect of privacy. WydjOVOTzVyEyayaaUtDSKozIHMHjCS2vJoVIHctOVSnpYttyUOyRVqn6p01qJ1cDBq5MFLt lprWVpVHHMxEvk5tEFAHFSVTybGOax5vOlxyODvUD5OOI3FzEpFIRAzzADLRlvHILPROxSdz hIzlDlEFBHRlJIppKIvIFFvpAz0ppWEvIlRLAMVAJFptMyVHztIUvHJGfOVOtWqRRWtlqFtO nFtMOVOEVNvRMbfMOGuOMPOIG3Gt== -----END PRIVATE MESSAGE-----