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.TH "RPM-MANIFEST" "5" "2026-03-06" "RPM 6.0.1"
.PP
.SH NAME
\fBrpm-manifest\fR - rpm package manifest file format
.PP
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fIGLOB\fR .\&.\&.\&
.PP
# \fICOMMENT\fR
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
RPM package manifest files are plaintext files containing one or
more \fBglob\fR(7) entries that are expected to match either RPM package files
or other package manifests.\&
.PP
Package manifests can be used as a way to document installation of large
package sets in an RPM-native way, without having to set up repositories
and configure external dependency resolver programs to use them.\&
For end-user purposes manifests are clumsy, but for example to quickly
install a base image from a pre-determined set of package versions from
local directory, a manifest may well be easier and faster than using
a depsolver for the task.\& A manifest can be also used to work around
command line length limitations.\&
.PP
Relative globs are interpreted relative to the user'\&s current directory.\&
Multiple globs per line are permitted, but for readability it'\&s
recommended to use one per line instead.\&
.PP
Lines beginning with \fB#\fR are considered comments.\& Empty lines and
lines consisting of only whitespace are ignored.\&
.PP
.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
.SS Example 1. Manifest of all myproj-1.0 releases and their dependencies
.nf
.RS 4
/mnt/myproj/rpm/myproj-1\&.0-*\&.x86_64\&.rpm
/mnt/deplib/rpm/mylib-2\&.1-*\&.x86_64\&.rpm
.fi
.RE
.PP
.SS Example 2. Manifest of all noarch packages in the default rpmbuild(1) location
.nf
.RS 4
~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/*\&.rpm
.fi
.RE
.PP
.SS Example 3. Manifest as a simple base image
.PP
Create a manifest called \fBmymanifest.\&mft\fR of currently installed packages,
assuming a base path of \fB/mnt/Packages\fR for the RPM package files, and install
it to an alternative system root at \fB/srv/test\fR:
.PP
.nf
.RS 4
rpm -qa --qf \&'/mnt/Packages/%{nevra}\&.rpm\\n\&' > mymanifest\&.mft
rpm -Uv --root /srv/test mymanifest\&.mft
.fi
.RE
.PP
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBrpm\fR(8) \fBrpm-common\fR(8)