[TriLUG] RPM: spec file questions

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 15:49, H Brett Bolen wrote:
> Is there a way to extract the spec file out of an rpm file?

I presume you mean out of the source rpm, since they're 
not stored in the binary rpms. :-)  Yes, you can use
rpm2cpio to convert the rpm file into a cpio stream
that you can then use with cpio (which is similar to tar).
rpm2cpio <rpmfile> | cpio [params] should do the trick.
See the cpio man file for params.

> When I list the files in the spec file, Do I have to use
> a full pathname -- is there a way to use relative paths
> ( aka  tar cvf MyDir.tar ./MyDir )

What are you trying to do?  This question is confusing.
 
> Is there list of %vars I can use in the spec file?

You can look in the rpm macros file (generally found
in /usr/lib/rpm/macros) for a start.

> Is Maximum RPM still a good source for info?

Maximum RPM is showing its age these days, but it's
still a good place for the fundamentals.  I don't
know for certain, but I think just about everything
in it will still work.  (If someone knows differently,
please correct me.)

Cheers,
Tanner
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