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title:RPM use notes. locate readahead ... /etc/rc.d/init.d/readahead ... rpm -qi --whatprovides /etc/rc.d/init.d/readahead rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/lib/libpq.so.2 rpm -qpliv packages/postgresql-libs-7.3.2-4.i386.rpm rpm -qlv postgresql-libs-7.3.2-1PGDG rpm -qa | grep post rpm -i source_package_file cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS rpmbuild -bb spec_file # rpm2cpio logrotate-1.0-1.i386.rpm | cpio -t usr/man/man8/logrotate.8 usr/sbin/logrotate 14 blocks # # rpm2cpio logrotate-1.0-1.i386.rpm |cpio -ivd usr/man/man8/logrotate.8 usr/man/man8/logrotate.8 14 blocks # [mst3k@example readme_files]$ locate mdmonitor /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/K85mdmonitor /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K99mdmonitor /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K99mdmonitor /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S99mdmonitor /etc/rc.d/init.d/mdmonitor /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S99mdmonitor /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S99mdmonitor /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K99mdmonitor [mst3k@example readme_files]$ rpm -qi --whatprovides /etc/rc.d/init.d/mdmonitor Name : mdadm Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 1.6.0 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 2 Build Date: Mon Oct 4 17:15:34 2004 Install Date: Mon Mar 28 14:37:49 2005 Build Host: tweety.build.redhat.com Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM: mdadm-1.6.0-2.src.rpm Size : 155863 License: GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Wed Oct 20 13:16:58 2004, Key ID b44269d04f2a6fd2 Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> URL : http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdadm/ Summary : mdadm controls Linux md devices (software RAID arrays) Description : mdadm is used to create, manage, and monitor Linux MD (software RAID) devices. As such, it provides similar functionality to the raidtools package. However, mdadm is a single program, and it can perform almost all functions without a configuration file, though a configuration file can be used to help with some common tasks. [mst3k@example readme_files]$