unpacking .rpm file?

[Derek Atkins]

Yes, you can use rpm2cpio, and then use cpio

-derek

John Chambers <jc at trillian.mit.edu> writes:

> 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 ...
> 
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