> > Yes, but won't I need the actual rpm files before I can do that? > > Maybe I wasn't very clear on this, but the way I see it, the main > problem is not to find out what rpm commands to use, but to obtain the > files they want as input. I haven't kept copies of everything I've > downloaded, and the packages came from various different sources > (although I generally take add-ons from large repositories like Fedora > Extras or Freshrpms) so finding the correct version of each and every > rpm file looks like lot of work ;-( > Yes you need the actual rpms. The problem is even if you generated a header based on the NVRA that is in the file you have you would not have the list of files, the Epoch, the provides and requires and various other bits of metadata. So the only sure way of dealing with this is to find the actual original rpms. Sorry...james
