[Arm-dev] How to extract the sources from a src.rpm

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 12/21/2015 10:46 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On 12/18/2015 12:32 PM, Jim Perrin wrote:
>> mkdir fedora-arm-installer
>> cd fedora-arm-installer
>> rpm -ivh --define "%_topdir `pwd`"
>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/23/Everything/source/SRPMS/f/fedora-arm-installer-1.99.5-1.fc23.src.rpm
>>
>> What you'll end up with is very similar to the directory structure used
>> for git.centos. A SOURCES dir, with the tarball, and SPECS, with the spec.
>>
>> The alternative would be to use fedpkg from epel and "fedpkg -a clone -b
>> f23 fedora-arm-installer" then cd to the resulting directory and "fedpkg
>> sources"
>>
> or wget it and then use:
>
> rpm2cpio fedora-arm-installer-1.99.5-1.fc23.src.rpm | cpio -idv
>
> that will extract it to the current directory

I am adding all of this to my 'how to do it' notes doc.

thanks

>
>>
>> On 12/18/2015 11:22 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> I want to look at what is in the fedora-arm-installer to compare it with
>>> what I have been using without installing it.
>>>
>>> So I found the src.rpm at
>>>
>>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/23/Everything/source/SRPMS/f/fedora-arm-installer-1.99.5-1.fc23.src.rpm
>>>
>>>
>>> 'all' I want to do is in some directory pull out all the sources to look
>>> at.
>>>
>>> All experience I have with working with src.rpm stuff is probably 5+
>>> years old and the brain is just too filled with other cruft, so I am
>>> asking just a little guidance here.
>>>
>>> If I can figure this out, I can perhaps help Fabian easily add lots of
>>> other boards.
>>>
>>>
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