On Fri, 9 Mar 2018, Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 4:51 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Mar 2018, Tom H wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 4:09 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> On 03/10/18 03:38, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >>>> > >>>> subject says it all ... what is the purpose of the file > >>>> /usr/lib/rpm/rpm2cpio.sh given the existing binary executable > >>>> /usr/bin/rpm2cpio? > >>> > >>> The best place to ask would be at one of the resources list here > >>> http://rpm.org/community.html > >> > >> It's just a script (read it!) that does the same job as the > >> "rpm2cpio" executable. > > > > yes, i grok that, but given the existence of the rpm2cpio executable, > > is there any additional functionality provided by that script? why is > > it there? what purpose does it serve above and beyond the rpm2cpio > > program? > > It must be provided by upstream for people to be able unpack rpms > without installing rpm executables and libraries. I grab it when I > need to do so on non-Fedora, non-RHEL, non-RHEL-clone systems. ah, mystery solved, thanks. rday _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
