APT-RPM and rpm 4.5?

[Axel Thimm]

On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 03:01:57PM -0700, Gary L. Greene, Jr. wrote:
> On Monday 28 May 2007 13:47, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 May 2007, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> > > On Sun, 27 May 2007, Gary L. Greene, Jr. wrote:
> > >> I'm interested in getting apt-rpm working with rpm 4.5. Have there been
> > >> any attempts at getting the code working against it?
> > >
> > > No by me at least, I don't usually look at new (jbj's) rpm releases until
> > > somebody reports a problem building/using apt with one :)
> > >
> > >> From the wording, I take it you tried it and it failed... any specifics
> > >
> > > what kind of problems you encountered?
> >
> > Uh, I see.
> >
> > The attached quick and dirty patch makes the current apt-rpm git head
> > kinda build against rpm-4.5-0.3, once you patch rpm a bit to make g++
> > accept rpmevr.h (second attached patch).
> >
> > Whether it actually works with these kludges... I'd be more than a little
> > surprised if it does, considering the amount and type of changes that
> > went into rpm 4.4.9.
> >
> >  	- Panu -
> 
> I was talking to jbj on #rpm on freenode and he tells me that 4.4.6 is most 
> likely to be compatible. However, 4.4.7 has parentdir and filelinto deps and  
> stops using rpmrc files unless requested. Additionally, 4.4.9 has some 
> changes to EVR comparison that should be largely transparent,

like reversing the order of numbers and letters Now foo-1.2.3-4.fc6 is
higher than foo-1.2.3-4.1.fc6. This probably breaks everything out
there.

> but from what I recall, apt cares deeply about EVR comparisons. And
> finally, 4.5 should be compatible to 4.4.9.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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