On 8/8/06, Tom Brown <tom at ng23.net> wrote: > > > "rpm2cpio file.rpm | cpio -i --make-directories" will unpack the rpm to > > the directory you are momentarily in. > > thanks for this it was a great help - Is it possible to modify the files > within the rpm and then just 'tar' it back up again or some other such > like to repackage it? I need to change something within an rpm but i > don't have the spec files etc. You can, but this is an amazingly bad idea and is one of those "the world is ending, am I REALLY sure I want to do this?" kind of things? -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell