yes i must have been mistaken about that.
how about trying parsehdlist in the same package, and there is aperl
module that seems to provide the core functionality.
just tried parsehdlist hdlist.cz [1] and it produces a list of
packages,[2] there are many other options too.[3]
[1] hdlist.cz downloaded from some random mirror.
[2]
./parsehdlist hdlist.cz |head
apache2-2.0.47-6.12.92mdk.i586.rpm
apache2-common-2.0.47-6.12.92mdk.i586.rpm
apache2-mod_dav-2.0.47-6.12.92mdk.i586.rpm
libGConf1-1.0.9-13.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
fetchmail-6.2.4-1.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
kdebase-kdeprintfax-3.1.3-79.2.92mdk.i586.rpm
gnome-pilot-2.0.10-3.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
mdkkdm-9.2-9.2.92mdk.i586.rpm
harddrake-9.2-19.7.92mdk.i586.rpm
openssl-0.9.7b-4.2.92mdk.i586.rpm
[3]
usage:
--help - print this help message.
--raw - assume raw hdlist (always the case for -).
--interactive - interactive mode (following options are taken from stdin
and output only the necessary data, end as emtpy line, not
compatible with any print tag commands).
--quiet - do not print tag name (default if no tag given on command
line, incompatible with interactive mode).
--compact - print compact provides, requires, conflicts, obsoletes flags.
--all - print all tags (incompatible with interactive mode).
--synthesis - print synthesis tags (incompatible with interactive mode).
--name - print tag name and rpm filename if needed.
--info - print tag name, serial and rpm filename if needed
--group - print tag group: group.
--size - print tag size: size.
--serial - print tag serial: serial.
--summary - print tag summary: summary.
--description - print tag description: description.
--provides - print tag provides: all provides (mutliple lines).
--requires - print tag requires: all requires (multiple lines).
--files - print tag files: all files (multiple lines).
--fileswinfo - print tag files: all files (multiple lines) with more
informations on each package.
--conflicts - print tag conflicts: all conflicts (multiple lines).
--obsoletes - print tag obsoletes: all obsoletes (multiple lines).
--prereqs - print tag prereqs: all prereqs (multiple lines).
without any option, print only rpm filenames
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:44:05 +1300
Zane Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> AFAICT
> It seems to be a binary format.
> Even with MC, although you can see occasional clusters of text, there is
> nothing there which could be described as useful.
>
> This implies that I need to get a program that can read it or find the
> original code that reads and writes them and write something myself. An
> interesting exercise although almost certainly time consuming.
>
>
>
> Nick Rout wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:15:48 +1300
> > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>i'm pretty sure mc will view it, press f3e, or try unzipping it with
> >
> >
> > thats "press F3"
> >
>
>
> --
> Zane Gilmore, Analyst / Programmer
> Information Services Section, Information Technology Dept,
> University of Canterbury - Te Whare Waananga o Waitaha
> Private Bag 4800,
> Christchurch New Zealand Phone +64-3-364 2987 extn 7895
--
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
