On Jan 21, 2014, at 9:42 PM, Rajul Bhavsar <[email protected]> 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
