Currently if you obtain (FTP or CD-ROM) an RPM package on the Mac side 
you have to switch over to the MkLinux side to see what it is (assuming 
you don't already know).
  A simple application that does an 'rpm -qip package.name' would be nice.
 
 
Ralph
rlindber@telebyte.com
 
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Not quite the solution for the above wish, but possibly good enough for 
what you're looking for:  a webpage with descriptions of most rpm packages.
 http://www.duke.edu/~wj/linux/rpmdesc.html

wj@acpub.duke.edu
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  For completeness, an "extract" facility would also be useful, e.g.
to retrieve documentatation to browse or print.
 
Nicola Cabibbo
cabibbo@roma1.infn.it