rpm-misc.8

RPM misc options

NAME rpm - lesser need options for rpm(8)
OPTIONS
Switching off features
Debugging
Obsolete Options

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NAME rpm - lesser need options for rpm(8)

OPTIONS

—predefine=‘MACRO EXPR**’**

Defines MACRO with value EXPR. before loading macro files.

Switching off features

—color [never|auto|always]

Use terminal colors for highlighting error and debug message. Default is turning colors on for ttys only (auto).

—nocontexts Disable the SELinux plugin if available. This stops the plugin from setting SELinux contexts for files and scriptlets. **
—noglob**

Do not glob arguments when installing package files.

—nocaps

Don’t verify capabilities of files.

—excludeconfigs, —noconfigs

Do not install configuration files.

—nohdrchk

Don’t verify database header(s) when retrieved.

Debugging

-d, —debug

Print debugging information.

—deploops

Print dependency loops as warning.

—fsmdebug

Print debuging information of payload handling code.

—rpmfcdebug

Print debug information about files packaged.

—rpmiodebug

Print debug information about file IO.

—stats

Print runtime statistics of often used functions.

Obsolete Options

-K, —checksig

See and use rpmkeys(8).

—nodocs

Do not install documentation. Use —excludedocs instead.

—promoteepoch

Enable obsolete epoch handling used in rpm 3.x time frame.

—prtpkts

OBSOLETE! Used to print the packages containing and representing the pgp keys for debugging purposes.

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