Re: RFE: rpm2cpio should not need db3

[Jeff Johnson <jbj JBJ ORG>]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 09:54:23AM -0600, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Jeff Johnson <jbj@JBJ.ORG> said:
> > On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 09:03:13AM -0600, Chris Adams wrote:
> > > I can use rpm2cpio.sh on Tru64 to decode packages built on x86 (or even
> > > built on Linux/Alpha), but not packages built on Tru64.  I can copy a
> > > Tru64 RPM over to a Linux/x86 box, and rpm2cpio.sh still does not work
> > > while rpm2cpio(.c) does.
> > 
> > Odd. Something else is broken with the rpm packaging format on Tru64 then.
> > 
> > > 
> > > I can provide a sample package if you'd like.
> > 
> > Please put a pointer to a Tru64 compiled package in bugzilla and I'll take
> > a look:
> > 	http://bugzilla.redhat.com
> 
> Done, see bug #58101.

OK, I'll take a look in a bit.

> 
> BTW: I also put the two patches I need to compile RPM 4.0.3 on Tru64 on
> my website at http://www.iruntheinter.net/files/rpm/.  One of them
> removes the requirement of a C++ compiler to build, and the other fixes
> a problem in the Makefiles if your OS has a libiconv.{a,so} (only needed
> if you don't use --disable-nls).

Great!

In the future, could you put any patches in bugzilla? It may take me a
while to integrate, but I always get there eventually.

73 de Jeff

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