[BusyBox] rpm2cpio applet

Erik Andersen andersen at lineo.com
Mon Jun 25 20:45:14 UTC 2001


On Tue Jun 26, 2001 at 11:22:14AM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> Laurence Anderson wrote:
> 
> >I've attached a patch to replace rpmunpack with rpm2cpio. It acts just like 
> >rpm2cpio which comes with most distributions. The code is much cleaner, and 
> >the name should result in less confusion.
> >
> >Could someone apply it for me if it seems ok?
> >
> 
> Ive commited this, but i have not remove rpmunpack.
> 
> rpm2cpio is marginally smaller than rpmunpack, except rpm2cpio requires 
> cpio, so for a default build rpmunpack is smaller, but rpm2cpio is a 
> standard tool which i think earns it its place.

rpm2cpio wins by virtue of the fact that it is a standard tool

 -Erik

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