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On Wednesday 05 May 2010 18:34:44 Stanislav Ochotnicky wrote: |
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> >=rpm-4.7 introduced certain changes to rpm files created by them which |
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> makes some features unavailable when using older rpm versions. Would you |
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> consider this a problem (in other words: are you creating rpms with |
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> gentoo and use them someplace else)? 4.7 was released over a year ago so |
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> I would say most major rpm-based distributions already support those new |
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> features. |
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i wouldnt sweat it ... stick with upstream and let people dealing with |
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backwards compat take care of the issue themselves (install an older distro) |
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> 2. What's your take on (re)moving app-arch/rpm-5? |
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users requested rpm-5, so if you simply want to rename it, i dont see a |
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problem with it. allowing the two to be installed simultaneously would be |
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neat, but if it isnt possible without a lot of hassle, oh well. |
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> Also any other ideas on use of rpm on Gentoo would be appreciated. For |
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> example rpm.eclass is still bit unknown for me for now...I still have to |
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> see what's it about :-) |
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rpm.eclass exists merely to work with .rpm files in ebuilds. i.e. someone |
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only releases a rpm of source/binaries, so rather than manually re-package, |
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the ebuild fetches the rpm directly and then unpacks it with the eclass. it |
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isnt used for anything else (like creating rpms). |
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-mike |