Re: 4.6.0-pre1: cpio errors on RPMs

[Pavel Roskin <proski gnu org>]

Hello!

> When I try to look at "CONTENTS.cpio", I get a popup saying "cpio:
> premature end of file" and then "Empty output from child filter".

Try copying CONTENTS.cpio to a local filesystem and then open it there.
If you have "Empty output from child filter", then some external software 
is involved.  Do you have rpm and rpm2cpio in the path?

> Browsing through the virtual file system works fine though...

You mean you can browse that RPM without entering CONTENTS.cpio, right?

> I thought it couldn't be a Solaris-cpio problem (Solaris cpio is very
> un-GNU), because mc uses its own cpio routines, if I understand
> correctly. But: vfs/extfs/rpm uses an external cpio, which makes things
> more complicated, but doesn't matter for me, I have GNU cpio in my path
> first.

My guess is that something is wrong with your rpm2cpio.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin