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John Chambers wrote: > > Is there any way to simply unpack a .rpm file into a directory, as > can be done with tar? I got some stuff as a foo.rpm file, and I'd > like to unpack it and make a few changes. I don't want (or have > permissions) to overwrite anything in /usr/src/redhat, but that seems > to be about all that rpm is willing to do. Digging around in TFM > doesn't seem to give any clues ... I see two options that may help you: --relocate <oldpath>=<newpath> For relocatable packages, translates the files that would be put in <oldpath> to <newpath>. --badreloc To be used in conjunction with --relocate, this forces the relocation even if the package isn't relocatable. and --root <dir> Use the system rooted at <dir> for all operations. Note that this means the database will be read or modified under <dir> and any pre or post scripts are run after a chroot() to <dir>. - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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