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diff --git a/source/a/rpm2tgz/rpm2targz.README b/source/a/rpm2tgz/rpm2targz.README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2ce141c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/a/rpm2tgz/rpm2targz.README @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ + +This package contains 'rpm2targz', a simple utility to convert Red Hat-style +RPM packages into standard tar.gz archives. Converted binary packages can then +be installed/removed using the 'installpkg/removepkg' commands, or 'pkgtool'. + +It's advisable to at least examine the converted package with 'less' to make +sure it won't do anything too crazy to your system. If it does, Patrick +Volkerding and David Cantrell are not responsible, so use this at your own +risk. :-) + +By default, rpm2targz will attempt to use "file" to detect source RPMS, and will +put the contents into a subdirectory in the resulting package. This may not be +portable to other operating systems -- if you're trying to run rpm2targz on an +OS that doesn't have a file that knows RPM types, and you care about this source +RPM feature, you can compile and install David Cantrell's standalone getrpmtype +utility. The getrpmtype.tar.gz source archive can be found in Slackware's +source tree in source/a/rpm2tgz/. + |