Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:26:50 -0300 (ADT)
From: Peter Cordes <peter AT Cordes DOT Phys DOT Dal DOT Ca>
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Actually, anybody can deal with RPMs using rpmunpack.  It's tiny, 1
file, 145 lines.  It simply extracts the cpio.gz from the rpm.

 http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/package/rpmunpack.lsm

 I've used it, and had no problems, even compiling and running it on a
SPARC Solaris box.

 If you want more functionality, try some of the other goodies in
/pub/Linux/utils/package on metalab.

#define X(x,y) x##y
Peter Cordes ;  e-mail: X(peter AT cordes DOT phys. , dal.ca)

On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Marc Lehmann wrote:

> ...
> 
> In any case, a RPMS is better than nothing, ut it limits the number of people
> being able to use it considerably ;(
>