On November 5, 2008 05:56:53 am Joachim Schrod wrote:
Hi,
I try to unpack postgresql-server-8.3.4-1.9.i586.rpm from factory without installing it. (I want to look if an error in the 10.3 init.d script is still there.) No problem, I think:
rpm2cpio postgresql-server-8.3.4-1.9.i586.rpm >p.cpio
Well, just, except: No error message, but the produced file is no cpio file either. (file p.cpio outputs just "data".)
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Can anybody give me a hint, either why rpm2cpio is not working or how one can unpack a RPM file in other ways?
As I recall rpm packages starting using a new compression scheme between 10.3 and 11.0. I would guess you need a newer version of rpm2cpio.
In case you want to try it yourself:
http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/oss/suse/i586/postgresql-server-8....
Works here on 11.0 (by works I mean that file p.cpio says it is a cpio archive).
I called rpm2cpio both on a 10.0 and a 10.3 system with identical results; I don't have 11.0 running at the moment.
I think that is the problem -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org