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RPM misc options(8)                                  RPM misc options(8)

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 mes‐
              sage.  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 rep‐
              resenting the pgp keys for debugging purposes.

COLOPHON

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