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.TH "RPM misc options" "8" "" "" ""
.hy
.SH NAME rpm - lesser need options for rpm(8)
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\f[B]--predefine\f[R]=\[aq]\f[I]MACRO EXPR\f[R]\f[B]\[aq]\f[R]
Defines \f[I]MACRO\f[R] with value \f[I]EXPR\f[R].
before loading macro files.
.SH Switching off features
.TP
\f[B]--color [never|auto|always]\f[R]
Use terminal colors for highlighting error and debug message.
Default is turning colors on for ttys only (\f[B]auto\f[R]).
.PP
\f[B]--nocontexts\f[R] Disable the SELinux plugin if available.
This stops the plugin from setting SELinux contexts for files and
scriptlets.
.TP
\f[B]--noglob\f[R]
Do not glob arguments when installing package files.
.TP
\f[B]--nocaps\f[R]
Don\[aq]t verify capabilities of files.
.TP
\f[B]--excludeconfigs, --noconfigs\f[R]
Do not install configuration files.
.TP
\f[B]--nohdrchk\f[R]
Don\[aq]t verify database header(s) when retrieved.
.SH Debugging
.TP
\f[B]-d, --debug\f[R]
Print debugging information.
.TP
\f[B]--deploops\f[R]
Print dependency loops as warning.
.TP
\f[B]--fsmdebug\f[R]
Print debuging information of payload handling code.
.TP
\f[B]--rpmfcdebug\f[R]
Print debug information about files packaged.
.TP
\f[B]--rpmiodebug\f[R]
Print debug information about file IO.
.TP
\f[B]--stats\f[R]
Print runtime statistics of often used functions.
.SH Obsolete Options
.TP
\f[B]-K, --checksig\f[R]
See and use rpmkeys(8).
.TP
\f[B]--nodocs\f[R]
Do not install documentation.
Use \f[B]--excludedocs\f[R] instead.
.TP
\f[B]--promoteepoch\f[R]
Enable obsolete epoch handling used in rpm 3.x time frame.
.TP
\f[B]--prtpkts\f[R]
OBSOLETE!
Used to print the packages containing and representing the pgp keys for
debugging purposes.