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rlocone 02-24-2005 07:47 PM

rpm2targz
 
Hello All!

I'd like to find or install rpm2targz program for my smoothwall. There are some pkgs/binaries that are in rpm format. There is no GCC support on the Smoothwall box. So, I'm left w/ converting rpms to tar.gz. I've seen that the rpm2tagz util is for slackware.

I have no clue how to install this thing. Any ideas?

thx.

Simon Bridge 02-24-2005 08:15 PM

Smoothwall is intended to turn a PC into a dedicated firewall appliance. You are supposed to stick it between the computer/LAN you do your work on and the internet. Are you sure you are trying to do something the designers intend you to do? (i.e. How would you normally add utilities to a smoothwall box?)

This from www.smoothwall.org...

[Smoothwall] enables [a] PC to become a dedicated firewall appliance, aka a SmoothWall box. Apart from the PC to run SmoothWall on, all that is required is an Internet connection, some simple networking equipment to connect the SmoothWall box to the rest of your private LAN,

... i.e. this product is not confiburable outside of being an internet connection. The project is supposed to create a cheap router.

Why not install rpm2targz on your gentoo box instead?

OTOH: someone in the project may have a better clue :)

Electro 02-24-2005 09:35 PM

If you have mc (midnight commander), you can view the files in the RPM files.


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