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I am system administrator on Linux, and I am using rpm packages to help managing softwares.
I install all the software in rpm, even if must convert tar.gz to rpm (with alien, autospec software).
But I do not find an easy way to build an rpm file from the rpm database.

this can be useful on "old" distributions, because one can only find "recent" versions on the net (rmpfind).
2 examples :

• want to reproduce a config from one PC to another one, and you do not have the rpm files any more ...
• want to test a new release, and go back if it does not work (how to re-install ?)

All the informations for the rpm file are in the rpm database (version, depends, install script ...), but there is no simple command, so I write a shell script to do this work for my personal use. As I think it may be useful for others, I put it on the net.

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