[Ltib] Re: rpm --force-debian problems

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Michal,

Michal Čihař wrote:
> Hi
>
> Dne Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:34:21 -0600
> Ed Swarthout <address@hidden> napsal(a):
>
> > LTIB is an embedded toolkit that relies on rpm to boostrap it's own 
> > environment.  It does not touch the system rpm database.
>
> Would not be better for them to bring own rpm? The system one can
> behave slightly differently than expected. Another embedded company
> does it this way...

That's exactly what it's doing, it's using the hosts rpm to bootstrap a 
known one without installing anything in the hosts rpm or filesystem 
area.  You need the host rpm to build the known rpm as it's build 
instructions are in a .spec file and when installed it goes into a 
private rpm database data will be managed by rpm.

> > Based on the ubuntu and debian bug reports, I understand why this
> > option was added.  But it breaks programs that use rpm for things
> > other than system installs.
> >
> > Can you modify the patch to  check the --dbpath option and only
> > require the force-debian option if the db has not been changed
> > from the standard system db?
>
> Actually this is not easy, at least I was not able to quickly find way
> how to implement this. I will try to dig more into that later.

The latest in CVS fixes the issue.

Regards, Stuart