How can i use rpm to retrive a specific file from a package?

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Sa, den 10.01.2004 schrieb Technical um 15:51:
> > Technical wrote:
> >> what is top - post?
> >>
> >> I still get the same problem
> >>
> >> ail.mc[root at sojourn root]# rpm2cpio
> >> /var/spool/up2date/sendmail-8.12.10-1.1.1.i386.rpm | cpio -ivd
> >> ./etc/mail/sendmail.mc
> >> 4574 blocks
> >> cpio: premature end of archive
> >> [root at sojourn root]#
> >
> > Check if your rpm is good. It might be incomplete or corrupt.
> > md5sum sendmail-8.12.10-1.1.1.i386.rpm
> > 1787392cd6455978ba0181726d89842b  sendmail-8.12.10-1.1.1.i386.rpm
> > ls -l sendmail-8.12.10-1.1.1.i386.rpm
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1018439 Oct 29 13:39
> > sendmail-8.12.10-1.1.1.i386.rpm
> >
> > top-posting is when you reply -above- the post rather than below it.
> > It makes it more difficult for people to follow the conversation.
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> 
> If the checksum of my package si the same as the original, does that mean
> that the packet is not corrupt??

md5sum is not a very secure proof for a valid, not corrupted package.
But normally you can trust a match with a reliable source.

You can also run: rpm -Uvh --test sendmail-8.12.10-1.1.1.i386.rpm. If
that does not fail with blaming for damage, maybe just complaining that
the package is already installed, the rpm should be fine.

Alexander


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