David Walser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I built the SRPM for it, then went to install the RPM. If > /usr/lib/rpm/i586-mandrake-linux exists, it chokes and dies on some cpio > error (man I hate cpio, why does RPM use it? that's for another day I guess)
AFAIK, -1- cpio has checksum for errors while tar doesn't have (didn't have?) -2- cpio had support for longer filenames when tar didn't have (it changed now). -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
