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.
> 
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> Michael Schroeder                                   [email protected]
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> main(_){while(_=~getchar())putchar(~_-1/(~(_|32)/13*2-11)*13);}
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