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rpmgdb.pl

Version 1.0 · Laust Brock-Nannestad

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Description

rpmgdb.pl is a perl script for creating a HPLX database (GDB) of all the RPMs found in a list of user-specified directories. It will also flag those that are installed on the current system so you can see which are installed and which are not. Requires a Unix system employing RPM (Red Hat Package Manager). Also requires a compiled copy of gdbload which is also available on SUPER. Public Domain.

Technical details

File
rpmgdb.zip
Size
4.6 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1999
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1999-02-08
Files inside
2
Author
Laust Brock-Nannestad
Path
anonftp/pub/rpmgdb.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 10.0 KB

No need to put rpmgdb.pl, rpmgdb.txt: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 10.0 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. This package has no recognisable executables. Download it and look at its contents: it may be documentation, source code or supporting material.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

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