[TriLUG] hacking a broken src rpm

[Mark Johnson]

On Monday, June 3, Vestal, Roy L. wrote:
> 
> Next question: If you just want the source I'm assuming the source tarball
> is still the best.

If you want to extract the raw contents, including all source
tarballs, from the (src.)rpm into your current directory, try this:

  rpm2cpio rpm_package_file | cpio -i -d

But, then again, maybe that's not what you want:-)

Cheers,
Mark

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