[packages/rpm] - set binary payload to xzdio (same as lzdio, but uses current xz) - add settings provided by patche

[Jan Rękorajski]

On Wed, 12 Sep 2012, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:

> 
> On Sep 12, 2012, at 12:37 PM, Jan Rękorajski wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 12 Sep 2012, Jakub Bogusz wrote:
> > 
> >> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 01:51:26PM +0200, baggins wrote:
> >>> commit c73c505644fa30c3e32a596dbc4aea90cfac0bcc
> >>> Author: Jan Rękorajski <baggins at pld-linux.org>
> >>> Date:   Wed Sep 12 13:24:58 2012 +0200
> >>> 
> >>>    - set binary payload to xzdio (same as lzdio, but uses current xz)
> >> 
> >>> %_source_payload	w9.gzdio
> >>> -%_binary_payload	w9.lzdio
> >>> +%_binary_payload	w9.xzdio
> >> 
> >> What is the minimal rpm version that supports xzdio (and what was that
> >> supports lzdio)?
> > 
> > None of our rpm4 supports xzdio, but rpm package by itself is build with
> > gzdio payload.
> > 
> 
> The back port isn't impossibly hard. but you want to start with ~rpm-5.1.4 iirc.

IMO it's a waste of time to backport something to a software that will
be obsolete real soon now (rpm4 in this case).

> >> If not the same, there must exist some easy upgrade path.
> > 
> > rpm-*.rpm packages are built with gzdio payload so it should
> > be possible to upgrade without problems using any rpm version.
> > 
> 
> Shipping *.src.rpm with anything except ZLIB compression is asking for incompatibilities.

We are shipping binary (*.ARCH.rpm) rpm packages with rpm using ZLIB, so
it should be always possible to install new rpm.

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