> > Ok, I've been using rpm for a bit now, and I'd like the ability to > 'rewind' my system, ie: take a package, install it, and then put it > back to the state it was before I did the install. I was thinking that > the easiest way to do this would be to reconstitute the binary rpms > from install, ie: > > 1. get a list of files in a given installed package, > 2. get any metadata associated with that installed package from > the rpm database > 3. dump the two items into a binary rpm > > If I then install the new rpm and it doesn't work out, I could simply > uninstall the new one, and reinstall the old, saved ones, ie: rewind > my setup. > > Now, I know that this would be easy if I had the binary rpms laying > around that constitute my setup, but in this case I don't (they don't > ship with the system). Hence I'd like to be able to reconstitute the > binary rpms given the rpm database and the list of packages that are > installed on the system. > > Is there a simple way to do this, I know I can list the files in a > package via -ql, but going from that list of files to a binary rpm > isn't obvious, at least from the rpmbuild manpage (which seems to be > driven off of src rpms). If rpmbuild had a command that mimicked tar: > > rpmbuild --cvf name_of_rpm.bin.rpm `rpm -ql <name_of_rpm.bin.rpm>` > > then I could get most of what I'd want, except for pre-install and > post-install hooks. Other than that it would work for my purposes. > > Anyways, is there an easy way to do this? Just looking at the rpm and > rpmbuild docs, I don't see one. But this has got to be a frequent > situation that people run into, so I'm hoping there has got to be a > simple solution that is precoded.. > > If not, is there a tool that generates a spec file for a binary rpm > based off a list of file names? I think that I could get that with a > wrapper around rpmbuild, although it would be nicer if the > reconstituted rpms truly were equivalent to what installed.. check out rpmrebuild: http://rpmrebuild.sourceforge.net Might meet your criteria. -greg _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
