Hi All,

There are a number of packages that require us extracting directly from
RPMs or Source RPMs. As a result, a number of ebuilds depend on
rpm2targz (a slackware creation) for extraction and have their own
src_unpack routine.

To automate the process a little better, I've written an rpm.eclass
which is a slot in replacement for src_unpack(). It automatically
extracts rpm packages and for source rpms, it also extracts inner
tarballs. Internally, it still uses rpm2targz but is a little smarter
about cleaning up after itself and handles multiple sources properly.

This is now in portage. For an example of how it can used, look at
app-misc/jot or x11-themes/redhat-artwork.

Cheers,
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