Mail Archives: cygwin/1999/09/06/19:49:53
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Ummm... and i use the attached script rpm2cpio. It uses your perl
to extract the *.tar.gz file from rpm. Maybe you can stick it with
your rpm URL, since it relates to your Perl port.
Usage is: rpm2cpio my.rpm | cpio -i
You also need cpio.
Suhaib
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com]On Behalf Of Charles S.
> Wilson
> Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 6:00 PM
> To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> Subject: [ANN] rpm-3.0.2 for cygwinb20.1
>
>
> A binary kit, source + patches, and build instructions for rpm-3.0.2 are
> available at http://cygutils.netpedia.net/. It may also show up on
> ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin/porters/Wil
> son_Charles/B20/rpm
> eventually. Built using gettext-0.10.35 and db-2.7.7 (with 1.85
> compatibility enabled).
>
> Coming soon: perl5.005_61 (dynamic) with module installation via rpm.
>
> --Chuck Wilson
>
>
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#!/usr/bin/perl
# why does the world need another rpm2cpio? because the existing one
# won't build unless you have half a ton of things that aren't really
# required for it, since it uses the same library used to extract RPM's.
# in particular, it won't build on the HPsUX box i'm on.
# add a path if desired
$gzip = "gzip";
sub printhelp {
print "rpm2cpio, perl version by orabidoo <odar\@pobox.com>\n";
print "use: rpm2cpio [file.rpm]\n";
print "dumps the contents to stdout as a GNU cpio archive\n";
exit 0;
}
if ($#ARGV == -1) {
printhelp if -t STDIN;
$f = "STDIN";
} elsif ($#ARGV == 0) {
open(F, "< $ARGV[0]") or die "Can't read file $ARGV[0]\n";
$f = 'F';
} else {
printhelp;
}
printhelp if -t STDOUT;
# gobble the file up
undef $/;
$|=1;
$rpm = <$f>;
close ($f);
($magic, $major, $minor, $crap) = unpack("NCC C90", $rpm);
die "Not an RPM\n" if $magic != 0xedabeedb;
die "Not a version 3 RPM\n" if $major != 3;
$rpm = substr($rpm, 96);
while ($rpm ne '') {
$rpm =~ s/^\c@*//s;
($magic, $crap, $sections, $bytes) = unpack("N4", $rpm);
$smagic = unpack("n", $rpm);
last if $smagic eq 0x1f8b;
die "Error: header not recognized\n" if $magic != 0x8eade801;
$rpm = substr($rpm, 16*(1+$sections) + $bytes);
}
die "bogus RPM\n" if $rpm eq '';
open(ZCAT, "|gzip -cd") || die "can't pipe to gzip\n";
print STDERR "CPIO archive found!\n";
print ZCAT $rpm;
close ZCAT;
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