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rpm -qpl

You can list the contents of an rpm without installing it first. If you’re not going to build your own from source, you should at least check an rpm before installing it to see what it’s going to install.

$ rpm -qpl qpidc-0.5.829175-2.fc12.src.rpm

qmf.patch
qpidc-0.5.829175.tar.gz
qpidc.spec
qpidd.pp
rhm-0.5.3684.tar.gz
so_number.patch

# rpm -qpl libidn-1.9-5.x86_64.rpm

warning: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 signature: NOKEY, key ID 57bcaabb
/lib64/libidn.so.11
/lib64/libidn.so.11.5.38
/usr/bin/idn
/usr/share/doc/libidn-1.9
/usr/share/doc/libidn-1.9/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libidn-1.9/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libidn-1.9/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libidn-1.9/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/libidn-1.9/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libidn-1.9/README
/usr/share/doc/libidn-1.9/THANKS
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/idna.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/punycode.el
/usr/share/info/libidn.info.gz
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libidn.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/idn.1.gz