Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes | Date | Sun, 04 Apr 1999 21:11:33 -0400 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <199904042018.QAA16738@x15-cruise-basselope>, Kev writes: +----- | > ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/sct/quota/quota-1.55-10.i386.rpm | > ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/sct/quota/quota-1.55-10.src.rpm | > | > WHY IS THIS ONLY IN RPM FORMAT?! Please could we have a tarball of the | | one possible solution could be: | | [klmitch@integrity ~]$ ls -l `which rpm2cpio` | -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 51432 Oct 14 18:05 /usr/bin/rpm2cpio +--->8
Which is part of RPM. Probably not desirable for Debian or Slackware users, although Alien might be a reasonable alternative.
But, as it turns out, if you delete everything up to the gzip magic number you'll be left with a .cpio.gz file. I posted a simple Perl filter which does this.
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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