On Jan 21, 2014, at 9:42 PM, Rajul Bhavsar <rajulbhav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Easiest way to extract some files is likely to use cpio(1) options. > > E.g. > rpm2cpio somepackage.rpm | cpio -dim > will extract all files. > >>> Is this extraction can be specified as part of rpm installation? If it is > >>> not then it will be of less use for current functionality we are looking > >>> for, as we want to query rpmdb for various information about installed > >>> packages. RPM is a package, not a file, manager. The idea of “partial packages” using either —exclude or—include based on prefixes (or *RE patterns) leads to complexities such as Should the “partial package” specification be persistent? Instead of asking for file management, split the files into sub-packages, and install compete sub-packages instead of asking for “partial package” management. Sure I understand your need. Do you understand the difference between package and file management? 73 de Jeff