Re: [MiNT] RPM

[Mark Duckworth <mduckworth@atari-source.org>]

I am working with 4.4.2.3 I think from RPM.org.  I figure the rpm.org way jives better with our project but I don't know the advantages to following one vs the other.

I'm also finding that out.  Even the configure scripts are a mess, forcing stuff like PIC even when shared libraries aren't used.  stupid stupid.

Thanks,
Mark


On Jun 21, 2011, at 11:10 AM, Keith Scroggins wrote:

> What do you need?  And, this might be a stupid question, but RPM was kind of murky, whose RPM 4.4.x are you working with, if you can provide a link to the package, since there are 2 competing 'RPMs' now.  IIRC, one is the 'official' Red Hat version (Official because Red Hat uses it) and the other was by the original author who left Red Hat and did his own thing (I think that is rpm.org, he might be 5.x versions though).
> 
> More than willing to see what I can do, since I have messed around with the source.  The biggest problem I found in the various versions is the use of mmap EVERYWHERE!  It seemed to me, even when I disabled it, it did not take that in some parts.
> 
> And the source code was also a huge mess, IMHO.  Lots of kludging to get various pieces to work.
> 
> Keith
> 
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2011, Mark Duckworth wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I'm working on getting running a newer version of RPM.  Please let me know any suggestions, input, whether or not you are already working on it so we don't duplicate effort, etc.  I'm starting with 4.4x as kind of the "oldest" newer version to see what I'm up against.  I tried to download newer src.rpm's to examine their spec's and found that I couldn't install them.  That won't do.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
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