[Rpm-maint] documentation on internals; layout of rpm file?

[Panu Matilainen]

On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Paul Elliott wrote:

>
> How do I find the documentation on rpm internals; specificly how
> an rpm file is laid out, how digital signing is implemented?
>
> What does the guts of an rpm file look like and where is this
> documented?

rpm.org carries some documentation regarding the file format:
http://wiki.rpm.org/FileFormat
http://rpm.org/api/4.4.2.2/pkgformat.html

I don't think the digital signing is documented other than "read the 
source", you might find something in the doxygen docs:
http://rpm.org/api/4.4.2.2/index.html

 	- Panu -