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Index

-a option

6.2.1.2 to 6.2.1.2 | 7.3.0.2 to 7.3.0.2

acknowledgements

1.3 to 1.3

adding dependencies

see dependencies, adding

- -addsign option

18.3.3 to 18.3.3.1

limitations to: 18.3.3.1 to 18.3.3.1

architecture

see RPM, philosophy behind, multi-architecture | see multi-platform package building

architectures, support for multiple

2.3.5

archive

see format, RPM file, parts of, archive

area, build

see build area

arguments

see scripts, install/erase-time, arguments in

%attr directive

14.6.1.3 to 14.6.1.3 | E.6.1.3

attributes, file

see file attributes, specifying | see file attributes verified

automatic dependencies

see dependencies, automatic

autoreqprov tag

14.2.3.5 | 15.2.3 to 15.2.3 | E.2.3.5

book, sections of

1.2 to 1.2

%build script

14.3.1.2 to 14.3.1.2 | E.3.1.2

build area

alternate

17.2 to 17.2.3

building in: 17.2.3 to 17.2.3
creating: 17.2.1 to 17.2.1
using: 17.2.2 to 17.2.2

build roots

danger using: 17.1.1 to 17.1.1
defining: 17.1 to 17.1.1
issues surrounding: 17.1.1 to 17.1.1

- -buildarch option

13.1.8 to 13.1.8

building packages

see rpm -b

- -buildos option

13.1.9 to 13.1.9

buildroot tag

13.1.13 to 13.1.13.1 | 14.2.5.2 | E.2.5.2

warning: 13.1.13.1 to 13.1.13.1

-c option

6.2.2.3 to 6.2.2.3

%clean script

13.1.12 to 13.1.12 | 14.3.1.4 to 14.3.1.4 | E.3.1.4

command options

see the option itself

conditionals

see the conditional itself | see platform-dependent, conditionals

seespec file, conditionals in: Contents

%config directive

14.6.1.2 to 14.6.1.2 | E.6.1.2

config files

2.1 | 2.1.2.2 | 2.2.1.4 | 3.1 | 3.1.0.0.4 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.2 | 3.4.4.1 | 3.4.7 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.1.1 | 6.2.2.3 | 6.2.2.4 | 6.2.2.8 | 6.2.2.10.3.2 | 6.3.1 | 7.2 | 10.4.2 | 16.3.1 | 16.3.2 | 16.3.2 | 16.4.1 | 16.4.1

configuration files

see config files

conflicts tag

14.2.3.3 | 15.3.2 to 15.3.2 | E.2.3.4

copyright tag

14.2.2.3 | E.2.2.3

-d option

6.2.2.4 to 6.2.2.4

database, rebuilding RPM

see RPM, command reference, rebuild database mode | see - -rebuilddb option

- -dbpath option

3.4.14 to 3.4.14 | 4.3.6 to 4.3.6 | 6.2.6 to 6.2.6 | 7.3.0.11 to 7.3.0.11

dependencies

autoreqprov tag

15.2.3 to 15.2.3

conflicts tag

15.3.2 to 15.3.2

provides tag

15.3.3 to 15.3.3.1

requires tag

15.3.1 to 15.3.1.2.2

adding

15. to 15.4

automatically added

15.2 to 15.2.3

example of: 15.2.2 to 15.2.2

basic concepts

15.1 to 15.1

manually added

15.3 to 15.3.3.1

scripts related to

15.2.1 to 15.2.2

find-provides: 15.2.1.2 to 15.2.1.2
find-requires: 15.2.1.1 to 15.2.1.1

serial numbers, using

15.3.1.2.1 to 15.3.1.2.1

version requirements, adding

15.3.1.1 to 15.3.1.2.2

virtual packages

15.3.3.1 to 15.3.3.1

%description tag

14.2.2.1 | E.2.2.1

%dir directive

14.6.2.2 to 14.6.2.2 | E.6.2.2

directives

see the directive itself | see spec file

distribution tag

14.2.2.4 | E.2.2.4

%doc directive

14.6.1.1 to 14.6.1.1 | E.6.1.1

%docdir directive

14.6.2.1 to 14.6.2.1 | E.6.2.1

Doug Hoffman

see Hoffman, Doug

- -dump option

6.2.2.8 to 6.2.2.8

%else conditional

14.8.0.5 to 14.8.0.5 | E.8.0.5

%endif conditional

14.8.0.6 to 14.8.0.6 | E.8.0.6

environment variables

see scripts, build-time, environment variables in | see scripts, install/erase-time, environment variables in

erasing packages

see rpm -e

Ewing, Marc

1.3 | 2.2.1.4 | 2.2.1.4 | 2.2.1.5 | 2.5

examples building packages

see package building

excludearch tag

14.2.4.1 | 20.5.1 to 20.5.1 | E.2.4.1

- -excludedocs

3.4.7 to 3.4.7 | 6.2.2.5

excludeos tag

14.2.4.3 | 20.5.1 to 20.5.1 | E.2.4.3

exclusivearch tag

14.2.4.2 | 20.5.2 to 20.5.2 | E.2.4.2

exclusiveos tag

14.2.4.4 | 20.5.2 to 20.5.2 | E.2.4.4

-f option

6.2.1.3 to 6.2.1.3.1 | 7.3.0.3 to 7.3.0.3

hint when using: 6.2.1.3.1 to 6.2.1.3.1

Faith, Rik

2.2.1.2 | 2.2.1.3

file attributes verified

see rpm -V, attributes verified

file attributes, specifying

17.3 to 17.3.1

file, spec

see spec file

files, configuration

see config files

find-provides script

15.2.1.2 to 15.2.1.2

find-requires script

15.2.1.1 to 15.2.1.1

- -force option

3.4.6 to 3.4.6 | 5.3.2 to 5.3.2

format, package file

see format, RPM file

format, RPM file

A. to A.4

file() command,identifying with

A.4 to A.4

caveats

A.2 to A.2

naming convention

A.1 to A.1

parts of

A.2.1 to A.2.1

archive: A.2.6 to A.2.6
header: A.2.5 to A.2.5.2
header structure: A.2.3.3 to A.2.3.4.3
header, analysis of: A.2.5.1 to A.2.5.2
header, tags used in: A.2.5.2 to A.2.5.2
lead: A.2.2 to A.2.2
lead, reduced use of: A.2.3.1 to A.2.3.1
signature: A.2.4 to A.2.4.1
signature, analysis of: A.2.4.1 to A.2.4.1

tools for studying

A.3 to A.3

FTP

package specification using: 3.2.1 to 3.2.1
specifying non-standard port with: 3.2.1
specifying username and password with: 3.2.1

- -ftpport option

3.4.15 to 3.4.15

- -ftpproxy option

3.4.16 to 3.4.16

-g option

6.2.1.5 to 6.2.1.5 | 7.3.0.5 to 7.3.0.5

General Public License

see GPL

GNU General Public License

see GPL

GPL

F.4 to F.4.3

group tag

14.2.2.8 | E.2.2.8

-h option

3.3.2 to 3.3.2

header

see format, RPM file, parts of, header

- -help option

9.1.4 to 9.1.4

history, Linux and RPM

1.1 to 1.1

Hoffman, Doug

2.2.1.3

-i option

6.2.2.1 to 6.2.2.1

icon tag

14.2.2.5 | E.2.2.5

%ifarch conditional

14.8.0.1 to 14.8.0.1 | 20.6.2 to 20.6.2 | E.8.0.1

%ifnarch conditional

14.8.0.2 to 14.8.0.2 | 20.6.3 to 20.6.3 | E.8.0.2

%ifnos conditional

14.8.0.4 to 14.8.0.4 | 20.6.3 to 20.6.3 | E.8.0.4

%ifos conditional

14.8.0.3 to 14.8.0.3 | 20.6.2 to 20.6.2 | E.8.0.3

- -ignorearch option

3.4.17 to 3.4.17

- -ignoreos option

3.4.18 to 3.4.18

- -includedocs option

3.4.8 to 3.4.8

information

package-wide: 2.4.3 to 2.4.3
per-file: 2.4.4 to 2.4.4

- -initdb option

9.1.2 to 9.1.2

%install script

14.3.1.3 to 14.3.1.3 | E.3.1.3

installing packages

see rpm -i

-l option

6.2.2.2 to 6.2.2.2

label, package

see package label

lead

see format, RPM file, parts of, lead

library functions, RPM

see rpmlib

Linux and RPM history

1.1 to 1.1

Marc Ewing

see Ewing, Marc

multi-platform package building

20. to 20.7

features supporting: 20.2 to 20.2.4
hints: 20.7 to 20.7
platform detection: 20.3 to 20.3.3
reasons for: 20.1 to 20.1.1

name tag

14.2.1.1 | E.2.1.1

- -nodeps option

3.4.5 to 3.4.5 | 4.3.2 to 4.3.2 | 7.3.0.6 to 7.3.0.6

- -nofiles option

7.3.0.8 to 7.3.0.8

nopatch tag

14.2.6.4 | E.2.6.4

- -nopgp option

8.3.5 to 8.3.5

- -noscripts option

3.4.10 to 3.4.10 | 4.3.3 to 4.3.3 | 5.3.3 to 5.3.3 | 7.3.0.7 to 7.3.0.7

nosource tag

14.2.6.2 | E.2.6.2

numbers, serial

see dependencies, serial numbers, using | see spec file, tags in, serial

- -replacepkgs option

5.3.1 to 5.3.1 | 5.3.2

options, command

see the option itself

-p option

6.2.1.4 to 6.2.1.4 | 7.3.0.4 to 7.3.0.4

%package directive

14.7 to 14.7.1 | 19.4.1.1 to 19.4.1.2 | E.7

-n option

14.7.1 to 14.7.1 | 19.4.1.2 to 19.4.1.2 | E.7.1 to E.7.1

advantages of

2.1.1.1 to 2.1.1.1

building anywhere

17. to 17.3.2

contents of

2.4 to 2.4.4

labels

2.4.1 to 2.4.1.3

labels vs. names

2.4.2 to 2.4.2

management of

how to: 2.2 to 2.2
introduction: 2. to 2.5
reasons for: 2.1.2 to 2.1.2.2

reasons for

2.1 to 2.1

relocatable

see relocatable packages

virtual

see dependencies, virtual packages

what is it

2.1.1 to 2.1.1.1

package building

real-world example

21. to 21.4.3.3

%files list, adding: 21.3.2.2 to 21.3.2.2
%files list, finalizing: 21.4.1 to 21.4.1.2
build area, creating: 21.2.1 to 21.2.1
building with RPM: 21.3.5 to 21.3.7
building, initial: 21.3 to 21.3.5
directives, adding: 21.4.1.2 to 21.4.1.2
initial build: 21.2 to 21.2.3
initial build, installing: 21.2.3 to 21.2.3
initial build, performing: 21.2.2 to 21.2.2
installing with RPM: 21.3.6 to 21.3.6
overview: 21.1 to 21.1
package files, creating: 21.4 to 21.4
packages, testing: 21.4.2 to 21.4.2.1
patches, applying w/RPM: 21.3.4 to 21.3.4
patches, generating: 21.3.1 to 21.3.1.2
scripts, adding built-time: 21.3.2.1 to 21.3.2.1
scripts, creating: 21.4.3.1 to 21.4.3.2
sources, unpacking w/RPM: 21.3.3 to 21.3.3
spec file, first-cut: 21.3.2 to 21.3.2.1
testing after build: 21.3.7 to 21.3.7

simple example

12. to 12.5.2

%files list, creating: 12.3.5.1 to 12.3.5.1
build directory, creating: 12.1 to 12.1
package, building: 12.4 to 12.4
scripts, %clean: 12.3.6.2 to 12.3.6.2
scripts, install/uninstall: 12.3.6.1 to 12.3.6.1
sources, obtaining: 12.2 to 12.2
spec file, %build section: 12.3.3 to 12.3.3
spec file, %files list: 12.3.5 to 12.3.5.1
spec file, %install section: 12.3.4 to 12.3.4
spec file, %prep section: 12.3.2 to 12.3.2.1
spec file, creating: 12.3 to 12.3.6.2
spec file, preamble: 12.3.1 to 12.3.1.0.12
troubleshooting: 12.5 to 12.5.2

package file format

see format, RPM file

package label

6.2.1.1 to 6.2.1.1 | 7.3.0.1 to 7.3.0.1

package-wide information

see information, package-wide

packager tag

14.2.2.9 | E.2.2.9

packages

building: see rpm -b
erasing: see rpm -e
files, verifying: see rpm -K
getting information about: see rpm -q
installing: see rpm -i
querying: see rpm -q
removing: see rpm -e
uninstalling: see rpm -e
upgrading: see rpm -U
verifying installed: see rpm -V

%patch macro

14.2.6.3 | 14.4.2 to 14.4.2.5.1 | E.2.6.3 | E.4.2

-b option: 14.4.2.3 to 14.4.2.3
-E option: 14.4.2.4 to 14.4.2.4
-P option: 14.4.2.1 to 14.4.2.1 | 14.4.2.2 to 14.4.2.2
compressed patches: 14.4.2.5.1 to 14.4.2.5.1
example of: 14.4.2.5 to 14.4.2.5.1
options to: E.4.2.1 to E.4.2.4

per-file information

see information, per-file

- -percent option

3.4.11 to 3.4.11

PGP

building

G.2.2 to G.2.2

getting more information on

G.1.4 to G.1.4

introduction to

G. to G.2.3

legal, patent issues

G.2.1.0.1 to G.2.1.0.2

obtaining

G.2.1 to G.2.1.0.4

RSAREF-based version: G.2.1.0.3 to G.2.1.0.3

obtaining`international'' version

G.2.1.0.4 to G.2.1.0.4

overview of

G.1 to G.1.1

RPM's use of

G.1.2 to G.1.3

setting up for RPM's use

G.2 to G.2.3

signatures

adding: 18. to 18.3.3.1
configuring RPM for: 18.2.2 to 18.2.2.0.3
key pair generation: 18.2.1 to 18.2.1
reasons for: 18.1 to 18.1
signing packages: 18.3 to 18.3.3.1

platform information, overriding at build-time

20.3.2 to 20.3.2

platform information, overriding at install-time

20.3.3 to 20.3.3

platform-dependent

rpmrc file entries

20.3.1 to 20.3.1.3

arch_canon: 20.3.1.1 to 20.3.1.1
arch_compat: 20.3.1.3 to 20.3.1.3
buildarch_translate: 20.3.1.2 to 20.3.1.2
buildos_translate: 20.3.1.2 to 20.3.1.2
optflags: 20.4 to 20.4
os_canon: 20.3.1.1 to 20.3.1.1
os_compat: 20.3.1.3 to 20.3.1.3

conditionals

20.6 to 20.6.3

%ifarch: 20.6.2 to 20.6.2
%ifnarch: 20.6.3 to 20.6.3
%ifnos: 20.6.3 to 20.6.3
%ifos: 20.6.2 to 20.6.2
features of: 20.6.1 to 20.6.1.3
nesting: 20.6.1.2 to 20.6.1.2

tags

20.5 to 20.5.2

excludearch: 20.5.1 to 20.5.1
excludeos: 20.5.1 to 20.5.1
exclusivearch: 20.5.2 to 20.5.2
exclusiveos: 20.5.2 to 20.5.2

PM

see RPM, ancestors of, PM

PMS

see RPM, ancestors of, PMS

%post script

14.3.2.2 | E.3.2.2

%postun script

14.3.2.4 | E.3.2.4

%pre script

14.3.2.1 | E.3.2.1

prefix tag

3.4.9 to 3.4.9 | 14.2.5.1 | 16.2 to 16.2 | 19.4.1 | E.2.5.1

%prep script

14.3.1.1 to 14.3.1.1 | E.3.1.1

Pretty Good Privacy

see PGP

%preun script

14.3.2.3 | E.3.2.3

provides tag

6.2.2.6 to 6.2.2.6 | 14.2.3.1 | 15.3.3 to 15.3.3.1 | E.2.3.1

- -queryformat option

6.2.2.10 to 6.2.2.10.5

carriage control in

6.2.2.10.2 to 6.2.2.10.2

example

3.4.9

literal text in

6.2.2.10.1 to 6.2.2.10.1

tags for

6.2.2.10.3 to 6.2.2.10.4.1 | D. to D.1.0.71

ARCH: D.1.0.23
ARCHIVESIZE: D.1.0.47
AUTOREQPROV: D.1.0.64
BUILDHOST: D.1.0.8
BUILDROOT: D.1.0.58
BUILDTIME: D.1.0.7
CHANGELOG: D.1.0.18
CONFLICTFLAGS: D.1.0.54
CONFLICTNAME: D.1.0.55
CONFLICTVERSION: D.1.0.56
COPYRIGHT: D.1.0.15
DEFAULTPREFIX: D.1.0.57
DESCRIPTION: D.1.0.6
DISTRIBUTION: D.1.0.11
EXCLUDE: D.1.0.42
EXCLUDEARCH: D.1.0.60
EXCLUDEOS: D.1.0.61
EXCLUSIVE: D.1.0.43
EXCLUSIVEARCH: D.1.0.62
EXCLUSIVEOS: D.1.0.63
FILEFLAGS: D.1.0.38
FILEGIDS: D.1.0.33
FILEGROUPNAME: D.1.0.41
FILELINKTOS: D.1.0.37
FILEMD5S: D.1.0.36
FILEMODES: D.1.0.31
FILEMTIMES: D.1.0.35
FILENAMES: D.1.0.28
FILERDEVS: D.1.0.34
FILESIZES: D.1.0.29
FILESTATES: D.1.0.30
FILEUIDS: D.1.0.32
FILEUSERNAME: D.1.0.40
FILEVERIFYFLAGS: D.1.0.46
GIF: D.1.0.13
GROUP: D.1.0.17
ICON: D.1.0.44
INSTALLPREFIX: D.1.0.59
INSTALLTIME: D.1.0.9
NAME: D.1.0.1
NOPATCH: D.1.0.53
NOSOURCE: D.1.0.52
OS: D.1.0.22
PACKAGER: D.1.0.16
PATCH: D.1.0.20
POSTIN: D.1.0.25
POSTUN: D.1.0.27
PREIN: D.1.0.24
PREUN: D.1.0.26
PROVIDES: D.1.0.48
RELEASE: D.1.0.3
REQUIREFLAGS: D.1.0.49
REQUIRENAME: D.1.0.50
REQUIREVERSION: D.1.0.51
ROOT: D.1.0.39
RPMVERSION: D.1.0.65
SERIAL: D.1.0.4
SIZE: D.1.0.10
SOURCE: D.1.0.19
SOURCERPM: D.1.0.45
SUMMARY: D.1.0.5
TRIGGERFLAGS: D.1.0.69
TRIGGERINDEX: D.1.0.70
TRIGGERNAME: D.1.0.67
TRIGGERSCRIPTS: D.1.0.66
TRIGGERVERSION: D.1.0.68
URL: D.1.0.21
VENDOR: D.1.0.12
VERIFYSCRIPT: D.1.0.71
VERSION: D.1.0.2
XPM: D.1.0.14

tags, array iterators

6.2.2.10.4 to 6.2.2.10.4.1

tags, iterating single-entry

6.2.2.10.4.1 to 6.2.2.10.4.1

tags, listing available

6.2.2.10.5 to 6.2.2.10.5

tags, modifiers

6.2.2.10.3.2 to 6.2.2.10.3.2

tags, width and justification

6.2.2.10.3.1 to 6.2.2.10.3.1

querying packages

see rpm -q | see rpm -q

- -quiet option

9.1.3 to 9.1.3 | 13.1.16 to 13.1.16

- -rcfile option

3.4.12 to 3.4.12 | 4.3.4 to 4.3.4 | 6.2.5 to 6.2.5 | 7.3.0.13 to 7.3.0.13 | 8.3.7 to 8.3.7 | 13.1.17 to 13.1.17 | B.2.4 to B.2.4

- -rebuild option

13.2.2 to 13.2.2

- -rebuilddb option

9.1.1 to 9.1.1

- -recompile option

13.2.1 to 13.2.1

recursion

see recursion

release tag

14.2.1.3 | E.2.1.3

relocatable packages

16. to 16.4.2

%files list restrictions: 16.3.1 to 16.3.1
prefix tag: 16.2 to 16.2
building: 16.4 to 16.4.1
reasons for: 16.1 to 16.1
requirements: 16.3 to 16.3.3
software requirements: 16.3.2 to 16.3.3
testing: 16.4.2 to 16.4.2

removing packages

see rpm -e

- -replacefiles option

3.4.4 to 3.4.4 | 3.4.6 | 5.3.2

interaction with config files: 3.4.4.1 to 3.4.4.1
problems from using: 3.4.4.2 to 3.4.4.2

- -replacepkgs option

3.4.3 to 3.4.3 | 3.4.6 | 5.3.2

requires tag

6.2.2.7 to 6.2.2.7 | 14.2.3.2 | 15.3.1 to 15.3.1.2.2 | E.2.3.2

- -resign option

18.3.2 to 18.3.2.1

limitations to: 18.3.2.1 to 18.3.2.1

Rik Faith

see Faith Rik

- -root option

3.4.13 to 3.4.13 | 4.3.5 to 4.3.5 | 6.2.4 to 6.2.4 | 7.3.0.12 to 7.3.0.12

root, build

see build roots

RPM

ancestors of

2.2.1 to 2.2.1.5

PM: 2.2.1.3 to 2.2.1.3
PMS: 2.2.1.2 to 2.2.1.2
RPM version 1: 2.2.1.4 to 2.2.1.4
RPM version 2: 2.2.1.5 to 2.2.1.5
RPP: 2.2.1.1 to 2.2.1.1

basics of developing with

11. to 11.4

command reference

C. to C.15.1

add signature mode: C.12 to C.12.1
build mode: C.8 to C.8.2
check signature mode: C.13 to C.13.1
erase mode: C.7 to C.7.1
global options: C.1 to C.1
informational options: C.2 to C.2
initialize database mode: C.14 to C.14.1
install mode: C.5 to C.5.1
query mode: C.3 to C.3.2
rebuild database mode: C.15 to C.15.1
rebuild mode: C.9 to C.9.1
recompile mode: C.10 to C.10.1
resign mode: C.11 to C.11.1
upgrade mode: C.6 to C.6.1
verify mode: C.4 to C.4.1

creating patches for

11.1.2.1 to 11.1.2.1

design goals of

2.3 to 2.3.5

inputs to

11.1 to 11.1.3.0.8

patches: 11.1.2 to 11.1.2.1
sources: 11.1.1 to 11.1.1
spec file: 11.1.3 to 11.1.3.0.8

library functions

see rpmlib

license

F.4 to F.4.3

mailing list

redhat-digest: F.2.3
redhat-list: F.2.2
rpm-list: F.2.1

obtaining

F.1 to F.1.2

files to download: F.1.2 to F.1.2
FTP sites carrying: F.1.1 to F.1.1

outputs from

11.3 to 11.3.2

binary package: 11.3.2 to 11.3.2
source package: 11.3.1 to 11.3.1

philosophy behind

10. to 10.5

ease of use: 10.4 to 10.4.4
easy builds: 10.2 to 10.2.2
multi-architecture: 10.3 to 10.3
multi-operating system: 10.3 to 10.3
pristine sources: 10.1 to 10.1

resources related to

F. to F.4.3

spec file

%build section of: 11.1.3.0.3 to 11.1.3.0.3
%files list: 11.1.3.0.8 to 11.1.3.0.8
%install section of: 11.1.3.0.4 to 11.1.3.0.4
%prep section of: 11.1.3.0.2 to 11.1.3.0.2
preamble: 11.1.3.0.1 to 11.1.3.0.1
scripts: 11.1.3.0.5 to 11.1.3.0.7

support, information for

F.2 to F.3

what it does

11.2 to 11.2

WWW resources

F.3

rpm -b

13. to 13.2.2

build stages of

13.1 to 13.1.6

a: 13.1.5 to 13.1.5
b: 13.1.4 to 13.1.4
c: 13.1.2 to 13.1.2
i: 13.1.3 to 13.1.3
l: 13.1.6 to 13.1.6
p: 13.1.1 to 13.1.1

options

13.1.7 to 13.1.17

related commands

13.2 to 13.2.2

what it does

13.1 to 13.1

rpm -e

4. to 4.5

basic command: 4.2 to 4.2
config file handling: 4.4 to 4.4
options: 4.2.1 to 4.3.6
problems using: 4.5 to 4.5
what it does: 4.1 to 4.1

rpm -i

3. to 3.4.18

options: 3.3 to 3.4.18
overview: 3.1 to 3.1.0.0.7
performing: 3.2 to 3.2.2
warning message: 3.2.2 to 3.2.2

rpm -K

8. to 8.3.7

additional software used by: 8.1.1 to 8.1.1
basic use: 8.3 to 8.3
configuring PGP for use by: 8.2 to 8.2
example of failed verification: 8.3.4 to 8.3.4
options: 8.3.1 to 8.3.1 | 8.3.5 to 8.3.7
output when missing public key: 8.3.3 to 8.3.3
output when package unsigned: 8.3.2 to 8.3.2
what it does: 8.1 to 8.1.1

rpm -q

6. to 6.3.7

examples using: 6.3 to 6.3.7
finding config files with: 6.3.1 to 6.3.1
finding documentation with: 6.3.3 to 6.3.3
finding largest packages with: 6.3.7 to 6.3.7
finding recently installed packages with: 6.3.5 to 6.3.6
finding similar packages with: 6.3.4 to 6.3.4
information selection options: 6.2.2 to 6.2.2.10.5
options: 6.2.1 to 6.2.6
package selection options: 6.2.1 to 6.2.1.7
querying uninstalled packages with: 6.3.2 to 6.3.2
what it does: 6.1 to 6.1

rpm -U

5. to 5.3.3

as replacement for rpm -i: 5.2.1 to 5.2.1
basic command: 5.2 to 5.2
config file handling: 5.1.1 to 5.1.1.0.6
options: 5.3 to 5.3.3
what it does: 5.1 to 5.1

rpm -V

7. to 7.4.0.0.2

attributes verified

7.1.1.1 to 7.1.1.9

file group: 7.1.1.2 to 7.1.1.2
file mode: 7.1.1.3 to 7.1.1.3
file ownership: 7.1.1.1 to 7.1.1.1
file size: 7.1.1.5 to 7.1.1.5
major number: 7.1.1.6 to 7.1.1.6
MD5 checksum: 7.1.1.4 to 7.1.1.4
minor number: 7.1.1.7 to 7.1.1.7
modification time: 7.1.1.9 to 7.1.1.9
symbolic link: 7.1.1.8 to 7.1.1.8

options

7.3 to 7.3.0.13

output of

7.2 to 7.2.1

verification, control of

7.4 to 7.4.0.0.2

what it does

7.1 to 7.1.1.9

what it verifies

7.1.1 to 7.1.1.9

RPM database, rebuilding

see RPM, command reference, rebuild database mode | see - -rebuilddb option

RPM file format

see format, RPM file

RPM version 1

see RPM, ancestors of, RPM version 1

RPM version 2

see RPM, ancestors of, RPM version 2

rpm2cpio

use of

9.2 to 9.2.3

extracting files in package: 9.2.3 to 9.2.3
listing files in package: 9.2.2 to 9.2.2

what it does

9.2.1 to 9.2.1

rpmlib

2.2.1.5

examples using

22.3 to 22.3.3

functions

rpmrc-related: 22.2.4 to 22.2.4.6
dependency processing: 22.2.10 to 22.2.10.8
error handling: 22.2.1 to 22.2.1.3
header entry manipulation: 22.2.14 to 22.2.14.3
header iterator: 22.2.15 to 22.2.15.3
header manipulation: 22.2.13 to 22.2.13.7
output control: 22.2.11 to 22.2.11.5
package information: 22.2.2 to 22.2.2.2
package manipulation: 22.2.8 to 22.2.8.4
package/file verification: 22.2.9 to 22.2.9.2
RPM database manipulation: 22.2.5 to 22.2.5.4
RPM database search: 22.2.7 to 22.2.7.7
RPM database traversal: 22.2.6 to 22.2.6.3
signature verification: 22.2.12 to 22.2.12.2
variable manipulation: 22.2.3 to 22.2.3.3

guide to using

22. to 22.3.3

overview

22.1 to 22.1

rpmlib functions, list of

22.2 to 22.2.15.3

dbiFreeIndexRecord(): 22.2.7.1
headerAddEntry(): 22.2.14.2
headerCopy(): 22.2.13.3
headerDump(): 22.2.13.7
headerFree(): 22.2.13.6
headerFreeIterator(): 22.2.15.3
headerGetEntry(): 22.2.14.1
headerInitIterator(): 22.2.15.1
headerIsEntry(): 22.2.14.3
headerNew(): 22.2.13.5
headerNextIterator(): 22.2.15.2
headerRead(): 22.2.13.1
headerSizeof(): 22.2.13.4
headerWrite(): 22.2.13.2
rpmArchScore(): 22.2.4.5
rpmdbClose(): 22.2.5.2
rpmdbFindByConflicts(): 22.2.7.7
rpmdbFindByFile(): 22.2.7.2
rpmdbFindByGroup(): 22.2.7.3
rpmdbFindByProvides(): 22.2.7.5
rpmdbFindByRequiredBy(): 22.2.7.6
rpmdbFindPackage(): 22.2.7.4
rpmdbFirstRecNum(): 22.2.6.1
rpmdbGetRecord(): 22.2.6.3
rpmdbInit(): 22.2.5.3
rpmdbNextRecNum(): 22.2.6.2
rpmdbOpen(): 22.2.5.1
rpmdbRebuild(): 22.2.5.4
rpmdepAddPackage(): 22.2.10.2
rpmdepAvailablePackage(): 22.2.10.5
rpmdepCheck(): 22.2.10.6
rpmdepDependencies(): 22.2.10.1
rpmdepDone(): 22.2.10.8
rpmdepFreeConflicts(): 22.2.10.7
rpmdepRemovePackage(): 22.2.10.4
rpmdepUpgradePackage(): 22.2.10.3
rpmErrorCode(): 22.2.1.1
rpmErrorSetCallback(): 22.2.1.3
rpmErrorString(): 22.2.1.2
rpmFreeSignature(): 22.2.12.2
rpmGetArchName(): 22.2.4.3
rpmGetBooleanVar(): 22.2.3.2
rpmGetOsName(): 22.2.4.2
rpmGetVar(): 22.2.3.1
rpmGetVerbosity(): 22.2.11.3
rpmIncreaseVerbosity(): 22.2.11.1
rpmInstallPackage(): 22.2.8.2
rpmInstallSourcePackage(): 22.2.8.1
rpmIsDebug(): 22.2.11.5
rpmIsVerbose(): 22.2.11.4
rpmNotifyFunction(): 22.2.8.3
rpmOsScore(): 22.2.4.6
rpmReadConfigFiles(): 22.2.4.1
rpmReadPackageHeader(): 22.2.2.2
rpmReadPackageInfo(): 22.2.2.1
rpmRemovePackage(): 22.2.8.4
rpmSetVar(): 22.2.3.3
rpmSetVerbosity(): 22.2.11.2
rpmShowRC(): 22.2.4.4
rpmVerifyFile(): 22.2.9.1
rpmVerifyScript(): 22.2.9.2
rpmVerifySignature(): 22.2.12.1

rpmrc file

B. to B.4.33

entries

B.4 to B.4.33

arch_canon: 20.3.1.1 to 20.3.1.1 | B.4.1
arch_compat: 20.3.1.3 to 20.3.1.3 | B.4.5
buildarch_translate: 20.3.1.2 to 20.3.1.2
buildarchtranslate: B.4.3
builddir: B.4.7
buildos_translate: 20.3.1.2 to 20.3.1.2
buildostranslate: B.4.4
buildroot: B.4.8
cpiobin: B.4.9
dbpath: B.4.10
defaultdocdir: B.4.11
distribution: B.4.12
excludedocs: 3.4.7 | B.4.13
ftpport: B.4.14
ftpproxy: B.4.15
messagelevel: B.4.16
netsharedpath: 6.2.2.5 | B.4.17
optflags: B.4.18
os_canon: 20.3.1.1 to 20.3.1.1 | B.4.2
os_compat: 20.3.1.3 to 20.3.1.3 | B.4.6
packager: B.4.19
pgp_name: B.4.20
pgp_path: B.4.21
require_distribution: B.4.22
require_icon: B.4.23
require_vendor: B.4.24
rpmdir: B.4.25
signature: B.4.26
sourcedir: B.4.27
specdir: B.4.28
srcrpmdir: B.4.29
timecheck: B.4.30
tmppath: B.4.31
topdir: B.4.32
vendor: B.4.33

locations of

B.2 to B.2.4

/.rpmrc: B.2.3 to B.2.3
/etc/rpmrc: B.2.2 to B.2.2
/usr/lib/rpmrc: B.2.1 to B.2.1

syntax of

B.3 to B.3

RPP

see RPM, ancestors of, RPP

-s option

6.2.2.5 to 6.2.2.5

- -scripts option

see RPM, spec file, scripts | see the script itself | 6.2.2.9 to 6.2.2.9

build-time

14.3.1 to 14.3.1.4

environment variables in: 14.3.1 to 14.3.1

install/erase-time

14.3.2 to 14.3.2.4

arguments in: 14.3.2 to 14.3.2
environment variables in: 14.3.2 to 14.3.2

verification-time

14.3.3 to 14.3.3

sections of book

1.2 to 1.2

serial tag

14.2.3.4 | E.2.3.3

serial numbers

see dependencies, serial numbers, using | see spec file, tags in, serial

%setup macro

14.4.1 to 14.4.1.7 | E.4.1

-a option: 14.4.1.6 to 14.4.1.6
-b option: 14.4.1.5 to 14.4.1.5
-c option: 14.4.1.2 to 14.4.1.2
-D option: 14.4.1.3 to 14.4.1.3
-n option: 14.4.1.1 to 14.4.1.1
-T option: 14.4.1.4 to 14.4.1.4
options to: E.4.1.1 to E.4.1.6
use in multi-source spec files: 14.4.1.7 to 14.4.1.7

- -short-circuit option

13.1.7 to 13.1.7

- -showrc

B.1 to B.1

- -sign option

13.1.10 to 13.1.10 | 18.3.1 to 18.3.1.1

using with multiple builds: 18.3.1.1 to 18.3.1.1

signature

see format, RPM file, parts of, signature | see PGP, signatures | see RPM, command reference, add signature mode | see RPM, command reference, check signature mode

source tag