Rpm Queries - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual

applydeltarpm new.delta.rpm new.rpm
To derive it from the old RPM without accessing the file system, use the -r option:
applydeltarpm -r old.rpm new.delta.rpm new.rpm
See /usr/share/doc/packages/deltarpm/README" for technical details.

16.5 RPM Queries

With the -q option, rpm initiates queries, making it possible to inspect an RPM archive
(by adding the option -p) and also to query the RPM database of installed packages.
Several switches are available to specify the type of information required. See Table 16.1,
"The Most Important RPM Query Options" (page 320).
Table 16.1
-i
-l
-f FILE
-s
-d
-c
--dump
--provides
--requires, -R
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The Most Important RPM Query Options
Package information
File list
Query the package that contains the file FILE (the full
path must be specified with FILE)
File list with status information (implies -l)
List only documentation files (implies -l)
List only configuration files (implies -l)
File list with complete details (to be used with -l, -c,
or -d)
List features of the package that another package can
request with --requires
Capabilities the package requires