[packages/file] - this version breaks rpmbuild, good testcase is gnome-initial-setup package - rel 1.1

[Elan Ruusamäe]

On 18.04.2016 11:06, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> On Apr 17, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Jan Rękorajski wrote:
>
>> I removed it from ftp and downgraded on builders, building
>> gnome-initial-setup or jbig2dec causes rpm to hang indefinitely on
>> "processing files" step.
>>
> The coupling between rpmbuild <-> file is through /etc/magic rules
> (whatever path is used these days) and libmagic.
>
> One way to break the coupling is to put a minimalistic/deterministic
> copy of magic in /usr/lib/rpm/magic and reconfigure the macro used
> to find the magic file path.
>
> Since identifier strings from /etc/magic end up in *.rpm headers,
> and invokes helper scripts based on magic keywords,
> there are other "reproducible build" reasons to internalize a
> minimalistic/deterministic portable version of /etc/magic.
>
> Should rpm catty a copy of magic in /usr/lib/rpm/magic?

pld rpm links with system libmagic, not using bundled version. i think 
this is something broken on library level.

should try build file 5.26 and rebuild rpm with that version, it could help.


-- 
glen