rpm2cpio successfully unpacking corrupt rpm file?

[Toralf Lund <toralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just had a situation where 'rpm -U' on an specific RPM failed with 
signature error, and 'rpm -U --nodigest --nosignature' installed some 
files, then aborted with cpio error. However,

rpm2cpio <rpm file>  | cpio  -itvmu

unpacked and installed all files with no complaints (which saved me from 
a lot of extra work, as this was the kernel-source rpm on a system where 
I have to recompile the network driver after upgrading the kernel...) 
How could this happen?

- Toralf


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