On Mon, 20 May 2013 12:25:08 -0700 John R Pierce wrote: > On 5/20/2013 10:33 AM, Frank Cox wrote: > > I also don't see any place where they are providing source rpms in their > > repo, though I didn't spend a whole lot of time searching. Therefore, it > > would be difficult/impossible to check their spec file and see what that > > package actually does and where it wants to put stuff. > > rpm -ql packagename > > or, > > rpm -qlf rpmfile.rpm It's entirely possible that I'm missing something, but how does that tell me what pre- and post-install steps the rpm does, or what patches are applied to the binaries? All I get is a list of files and directories. I don't think it's possible to extract a spec file from a binary rpm. Or is it? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com