_rpmversion in rpm 5.4.13

[Elan Ruusamäe]

On 24/09/13 00:50, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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.
>

so why did you apply it, give the same mambo-jumbo in your lists too!
http://rpm5.org/community/rpm-devel/5552.html

ps: any plans to fix cvs commits lists for rpm5 there?
http://rpm5.org/community/rpm-cvs/summary.html ends with Feb 2011


-- 
glen