fre, 01,.10.2004 kl. 00.03 +0100, skrev Jonathan Andrews: > On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 22:39, Charles R. Anderson wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 09:15:43PM +0100, Jonathan Andrews wrote: > > > What I take home is the message that to build a Redhat kernel I need to > > > understand rpm ...... > > > > To build any Redhat package you need to understand rpm. Why should > > the kernel be any different? > > Because every other package can be built from source and still work on > Redhat.... > And if all functionality coming from the patches that Red Hat add to the kernel was removed you'd be just as happy? > Up until today that what I always did, most of my Redhat 9 boxes have > kernel.org kernels ... and run fine ? Makes me wonder why Redhat fork > the kernel - but thats an argument I cant hope to win so I will shut up > now ! > > As for rpm > > [root@jonspc root]# man rpm |wc > 831 3325 40895 > > 3,325 words, most starting with - or -- That doesn't include rpmbuild, > or any reference what to do when it locks itself ! No wonder linux is > described as to complex ! > If it locks itself you file bugs in bugzilla like everyone did around the time this bug manifested itself. I've not seen rpm "lock itself" since RH 8 here, and I've been updating from rawhide since RH9 -> FC3. That's a *lot* of rpm -Fvh *.rpm and yum update's... > Oh yea and gems like this are common ... > > [root@jonspc root]# rpm -q apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm > package apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm is not installed The package name is apt, rpm -q apt would suffice. > [root@jonspc root]# rpm -i apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm > package apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1 is already installed... > > Also, while im at it - listing files in a package would be about the > most useful feature. So it would be simple ? > rpm -ql > As a new(ish) user of rpm I would try > > rpm --whatprovides package.rpm > Doesnt work. > > rpm --list package.rpm > nope ! > > rpm -l package.rpm > nope ! > So assuming -l or --list or --whatprovides would list the contents is what every new(ish) user would do? > My machines also have an extra utility, so I can remember how to get it > working again without a reboot. > > [root@jonspc root]# cat /usr/bin/rpm_clear_lock > #Clear rpm lock > rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* > Again, this bug has been fixed AFAIK. I haven't seen it in ages at least. Btw, the first hit on http://www.google.no/search?hl=no&ie=UTF-8&q=list+packages+in+rpm&btnG=Google-s%C3%B8k&meta= gives you a nice table that compares the options used in dpkg/apt-get with the equivalent rpm command Cheers Kjartan
