PLD *.src.rpm cannot be installed by rpm-4.13

Jeffrey Johnson n3npq at me.com
Thu Mar 2 18:49:20 CET 2017


Here is the RHBZ bug report
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427287

This issue has been discussed ad nauseum back in 2009.

PLD has 2 choices:

1) Retrofit RPMTAG_SOURCEPACKAGE and rpmlead boolean
into RPM5 and rebuild everything

OR

2) patch rpm.org rpm-4.13 (and perhaps older) with a couple line patch
to recognize an RPM5 *.src.rpm (which rpm.org flatly refuses to do
	pmatilai <member:pmatilai>: rpm 5 interoperability is not a goal, at all:rpm 5 interoperability is not a goal, at all

hth

73 de Jeff



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