apt using rpmlib404 (was Re: Suggestion for a new Download page)

[Todd]

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Panu Matilainen wrote:
> Hmm, actually you *could* build apt against rpmlib404 on RHL 8.0 and
> avoid the rpm-hanging-itself issue with apt as well without
> upgrading rpm itself.

Know anyone that's done this?  If that's an option, it might well be
worth considering here.

> That'd mean having separate builds of apt for both old and new lib
> for those who want to upgrade rpm :-/

Not necessarily.  If FL isn't providing updated version of rpm for RH
8.0, then anyone who upgrades on their own can also upgrade apt at the
same time.

That said, as RH 9 goes EOL and FL picks up support there, we'll be
supporting apt using rpm 4.1.1 anyway and then adding packages for RH
8.0 might not be much more work.  I don't have any RH 8.0 or 9 boxes
around, other than to test FL packages with, so I don't have much
daily usage experience with either.

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