On Oct 4, 2012, at 9:11 AM, Michael Schroeder <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > the "type" in a rpm package created with rpm5 always seems to be "0" > (binary rpm), even if it's a source rpm. This confuses tools like > 'file' that determine the rpm type from the lead. > Is that an intended change or did I stumble over a bug? >
Intended: nothing whatsoever in the rpm lead has been needed/useful (to rpm) since last century. The only way to demonstrate that fact convincingly is to leave empty zeroes everywhere. The change was intentionally made in rpm-5.0 almost 5y ago. 73 de Jeff > Thanks, > Michael. > > -- > Michael Schroeder [email protected] > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF Jeff Hawn, HRB 16746 AG Nuernberg > main(_){while(_=~getchar())putchar(~_-1/(~(_|32)/13*2-11)*13);} > ______________________________________________________________________ > RPM Package Manager http://rpm5.org > Developer Communication List [email protected] ______________________________________________________________________ RPM Package Manager http://rpm5.org Developer Communication List [email protected]
