IIRC (haven't tried it in a while), if you try to install a .src.rpm file as
if it were a binary .rpm ("rpm -ivh file.rpm"), it will extract to the
directories under /usr/src/RPM.
On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:18, Michel Clasquin wrote:
> > Is it possible to somehow strip an RPM of the deps info etc and make a
> > tarball from it?
> > I have no immediate need to do this but it might be handy to know how to
> > do it should the need arise.
>
> I'm sure someone will come up with a better idea, but Midnight Commander
> (just type mc in a console) will dig into rpm files as if they were
> directories. You could use it to copy the contents elsewhere, then make the
> tarball from there.
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