On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:38:05PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > Anand Kumria writes: > > Hi Matthias, > > > > Have you tested this with any software dependant on RPM or is this a > > mechanical conversion?
You didn't answer this question - so, I'm assuming this is just a blind application of the updated python policy. > > I'm particularly concerned as alien, yum and a few other tools use rpm > > (and in the case of yum, the python interfaace) and as far as I knew > > this conversion would break things. > > why should it break things? Of course package dependencies have to be > updated, if they are versioned. Because no one else uses this version of the python-rpm interface with python2.4 -- with python2.3 it is known to work. With python2.4 we are doing something different to every other rpm based distribution. If we upgraded to a newer version of rpm, then things are different (again). Anand -- `When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know," the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives' -- Robert A Heinlein, "If this goes on --" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
