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Today I would like to extract a file in an RPM because I accidentally made some changes to a configuration file. Actually, it's not me to do that directly. rpm changed my modified file during upgrade so I want to recover that file from the original RPM. Well, I'm not dare enough to reinstall that RPM. That's why I wanted to extract only one file.

Having a chance being on Isle Royale, even a short period, is going to be the resume point of my blogging. I did it once, but my blog server had so tiny international bandwidth together with my extremely indolence forcing me to quit. So.. Where on earth is Isle Royale ? An island in lake Superior, not a favorable as Grand Canyon, Alaska, or Yellow Stone, even most Chicagoans' never heard its name.

Sorry for so long delay. It's all my fault since I am very busy due to my work. Anyway, I have been trying to upgrade core engine from BitTorrent 4.4.0 to BitTorrent 4.20.9. After getting the note, I decided to publish my unfinished work.

svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/btqueue/branches/BitTorrent-4.20.9 btqueue

Don't expect too much. It is in very early stage and unusable in all case. It could just start the program and exit properly.

Nothing, testing, testing

I have seen the first problem in using [NPACI Rocks 4.2][]. The symptom is I was unable to submit just a basic job to [SGE][] because of following error in standard error file.

MANTYPE: Undefined variable

I got a request to write a brief explanation how IP to Country module work. I supposed to provide a comprehensive documentation at howforge.com but there was no time to do that. The fact is that I completely forgot until got this reminder. Now I have decided to write something useful as his request.