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

[Michal Čihař]

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...

> 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.

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        Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com

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