On Fri, 9 Mar 2018, Tom H wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 4:51 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpj...@crashcourse.ca> 
> wrote:
> > On Fri, 9 Mar 2018, Tom H wrote:
> >> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 4:09 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com> wrote:
> >>> On 03/10/18 03:38, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> subject says it all ... what is the purpose of the file
> >>>> /usr/lib/rpm/rpm2cpio.sh given the existing binary executable
> >>>> /usr/bin/rpm2cpio?
> >>>
> >>> The best place to ask would be at one of the resources list here
> >>> http://rpm.org/community.html
> >>
> >> It's just a script (read it!) that does the same job as the
> >> "rpm2cpio" executable.
> >
> > yes, i grok that, but given the existence of the rpm2cpio executable,
> > is there any additional functionality provided by that script? why is
> > it there? what purpose does it serve above and beyond the rpm2cpio
> > program?
>
> It must be provided by upstream for people to be able unpack rpms
> without installing rpm executables and libraries. I grab it when I
> need to do so on non-Fedora, non-RHEL, non-RHEL-clone systems.

  ah, mystery solved, thanks.

rday
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