Re: Last minute changes to rpm-4.0.3.

[Peter Bowen <pzb scyld com>]

On 09 Jul 2001 19:02:06 -0400, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> Here's the CHANGELOG entries for rpm-4.0.3-0.61:
<snip>
> 
> 1) - package version now configureable, default v3.
> 
> The potential benefit is that legacy versions of rpm will
> be able to understand packaging produced by rpm-4.0.3. This is mostly
> a vain hope, as there are many, many other incompatibilities in package
> contents, that will be reflected in dependencies, paths, etc, but I'm tired
> of being blamed for creating the (false!) illusion of a "3 != 4" incompatibility.
>

While older versions of RPM won't complain that they can't handle the
packages produced by RPM v4, won't they still be incompatible due to the

rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1

dependency?  It appears that all RPMs built with a v4 RPM have this dep.
Is there a way to turn this off, or will this be the equivilent of a v4
flag without having to explicitly break compatibility with older RPM
versions?

Thanks.
Peter