RPM compatability

[Kristian Erik Hermansen]

On Feb 2, 2008 6:51 PM, Paul King <sciguy-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>         argument is not an RPM package
>         cpio: premature end of archive
>
> Well, the argument *was* an RPM as you can see above, but these are the
> same errors as seen under alien.

What does the file command say it is?
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