Re: Maximum package name length

[Mike Mason <mmlnx us ibm com>]

>seth vidal wrote:
>> On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 16:47, Mike Mason wrote:
>>
>>>What is the theoretical maximum length of an rpm package name?
>>>
>>
>>
>> I don't have an answer but I'd just like to say:
>> that's the most foreboding question I've ever heard.
>
>Particularly from that domain name.... us.ibm.com 8)

Hmmm... probably should have asked that a little differently ;-) 
Someone asked me if there's a predefined limit.  The answer wasn't 
obvious from the docs or code, so I asked it here.  Nothing more 
sinister than that.

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Mike Mason
IBM Linux Technology Center
Beaverton, OR, USA
mmlnx@us.ibm.com