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Backward and forward compatibility (was: Signing packages on RH73 and RH9 results in other output)



Hi,

On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 10:11:21AM -0400, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> The underlying issue(s) are:
>    a) transitioning between header+payload and header-only signatures.
>    b) using beecrypt, not gpg, for signature verification.
>    c) changes wrto --addsign/--resign, they behave identically now, 
> didn't always.
>    d) always verifying signature/digest if possible.
> 
> Yes there are different behaviors, because there are largish changes.

coming to speak of it what is the compatibility range for the rpm
format? I.e. will RH7.3 deal well with rpm generated under RH9 or
later?

I'd like to have a single rpm version for different build
environments, e.g. rpmbuild 4.2 for RH9, RH8.0 and RH7.3.

In fact I am already building with 4.2 for all RH platforms, is there
anything to fear?
-- 
Axel.Thimm@physik.fu-berlin.de

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