[techtalk] Re: rpms r bad?

[Conor Daly]

On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 01:45:09PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
Telsa Gwynne thought:
> On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 10:24:40AM +0100 or thereabouts, Conor Daly wrote:
> > The thing that gets me with rpm is the way I cannot query an uninstalled
> > package to see what's there...
> 
> > isn't installed, do an rpm -ql package-0.1.3.9-i386.rpm and I get back 
> > "pagkage is not installed"  I KNOW it's not installed, that's why I'm 
> > trying to look inside for the proggie I need.  
> 
> rpm -qlp /mnt/cdrom/whatever/.../package-0.1.3.9-i306.rpm 
>        ^
>        | 
> 
> the rpm -q[il]p combination is very useful. 
> 
> rpm --help | more
>    -q, --query             - query mode
>       Package specification options:
>         -a, --all          - query all packages
>         -f <file>+         - query package owning <file>
>         -p <packagefile>+  - query (uninstalled) package <packagefile>

I don't know *how* many times I've read through rpm --help without
spotting that!

Thanks Telsa.

Conor
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