Gentoo Development Guide

rpm.eclass Reference

The rpm eclass provides RPM unpacking services for packages that must extract a source tarball from an RPM.

rpm.eclass Variables

Variables Details
USE_RPMOFFSET_ONLY rpm_unpack normally will use rpm2cpio over rpmoffset if both exist. If this variable is set to 1, rpm_unpack will use rpmoffset.

rpm.eclass Functions

Functions Details
rpm_unpack <file> Unpacks an RPM. Behaves in the same fashion as unpack (see src_unpack).
rpm_src_unpack Default src_unpack that loops through ${A} calling rpm_unpack for RPM's and unpack for everything else.