_rpmversion in rpm 5.4.13

[Jeffrey Johnson]

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> On Sep 23, 2013, at 5:41 PM, Elan Ruusamäe <glen at pld-linux.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 23/09/13 22:10, Jakub Bogusz wrote:
>> $ grep _rpmversion -r /usr/lib/rpm/
>> /usr/lib/rpm/macros:%_rpmversion                3.0 (Th)
>> 
>> Is it what it's expected to be?
>> It was 4.5 in rpm-4.5, >= 5 in rpm-5.1.12.
>> Now "%{_rpmversion}" >= "5.0" check doesn't work as before...
> 
> afaik it's bug in rpm 5.4.13, ID= gets overwritten from lsb package. there's patch in rpm5-devel list
> 

The existence of a patch does not
imply a "bug".

RPM cannot dictate its own version,
distros and LSB can and do.

RPM can (and does) use other means than versioning to achieve compatibility goals all this century.

hth

73 de Jeff


> i didn't bother patching at that time, it as baggins said 5.4.13 will not be in th, so ...
> 
> -- 
> glen
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