Re: [SLUG] Problems with RPM database

From: Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com)
Date: Wed Oct 02 2002 - 23:54:15 EDT


On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 08:16:38PM -0400, Russ Herrold wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Matthew Moen wrote:
>
> > rpm -qa | gzip -9 > rpm-qalisting.gz
>
> gaaak !!! Please -- no attachments in a list server -- Post
> it up to a website, if you must, and list the URL here --
> http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#volume
>

Agreed. Remember, you're sending this to 200 people, some of whom have
only dialup and wouldn't know the answer to your question even if they
did gunzip the file. Moreover, there is a 40K limit to postings; most
likely, this one would bounce as a result.

Paul



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