#! /usr/bin/env perl # why does the world need another rpm2cpio? because the existing one # won't build unless you have half a ton of things that aren't really # required for it, since it uses the same library used to extract RPM's. # in particular, it won't build on the HPsUX box i'm on. # add a path if desired $gzip = "gzip"; sub printhelp { print "rpm2cpio, perl version by orabidoo \n"; print "use: rpm2cpio [file.rpm]\n"; print "dumps the contents to stdout as a GNU cpio archive\n"; exit 0; } if ($#ARGV == -1) { printhelp if -t STDIN; $f = "STDIN"; } elsif ($#ARGV == 0) { open(F, "< $ARGV[0]") or die "Can't read file $ARGV[0]\n"; $f = 'F'; } else { printhelp; } printhelp if -t STDOUT; # gobble the file up undef $/; $|=1; $rpm = <$f>; close ($f); ($magic, $major, $minor, $crap) = unpack("NCC C90", $rpm); die "Not an RPM\n" if $magic != 0xedabeedb; die "Not a version 3 RPM\n" if $major != 3; $rpm = substr($rpm, 96); while ($rpm ne '') { $rpm =~ s/^\c@*//s; ($magic, $crap, $sections, $bytes) = unpack("N4", $rpm); $smagic = unpack("n", $rpm); last if $smagic eq 0x1f8b; die "Error: header not recognized\n" if $magic != 0x8eade801; $rpm = substr($rpm, 16*(1+$sections) + $bytes); } die "bogus RPM\n" if $rpm eq ''; open(ZCAT, "|gzip -cd") || die "can't pipe to gzip\n"; print STDERR "CPIO archive found!\n"; print ZCAT $rpm; close ZCAT;