Tom Brown wrote: > Hi > > Is it possible to take an rpm apart to see what it will do to a system > and see what files are inside the package? "man rpm". "rpm -qpl file.rpm" shows a list of files. "rpm -qp --scripts file.rpm" shows which scripts are run after or before installation, deinstallation, or upgrade. "rpm2cpio file.rpm | cpio -i --make-directories" will unpack the rpm to the directory you are momentarily in. And - as already said - "man rpm". Regards, Ralph -- Ralph Angenendt......ra at br-online.de | .."Text processing has made it possible Bayerischer Rundfunk...80300 München | ....to right-justify any idea, even one Programmbereich.Bayern 3, Jugend und | .which cannot be justified on any other Multimedia.........Tl:089.5900.16023 | ..........grounds." -- J. Finnegan, USC -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060808/82647737/attachment-0005.sig>