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

[Jan Rękorajski]

On Thu, 02 Mar 2017, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:

> 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

No it's not PLD choice. It's yours.
You are rpm maintainer and it's your concern if you want rpm5 be
compatible with rpm.org.

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Jan Rękorajski                    | PLD/Linux
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