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List:       rpm-devel
Subject:    Re: split formats.c?
From:       Robert Xu <robxu9 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-05-22 1:29:43
Message-ID: BANLkTimBdTT3k-eC2pmjfKpp=xeD3gcOqg () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 21:09, Jeff Johnson <n3npq@mac.com> wrote:
>
> On May 21, 2011, at 9:03 PM, Robert Xu wrote:
>
>> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 20:57, Jeff Johnson <n3npq@mac.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> If you post a link to which patch, I can tell you exactly what is going on
>>> and what needs to be done. Otherwise its just guessing.
>>
>> https://github.com/devzero2000/RPM/commit/1607c344022f5b65064f0ea1956b1742799b8c62
>>
>
> Bingo. This is the patch I was remembering. I've just ripped
> out strlocale() almost everywhere because iconv(3) is the
> modern (for like 5 years now) way to do the same thing.
>
> There was a time that strlocale() was useful, but not any more.
>
>>>
>>> In general, most of the SuSE patches are quite old, and neither rpm5.org nor
>>> rpm.org can accommodate the remaining patches from SuSE, they are just too different.
>>
>> Figured as much from looking at the variety of patches they have.
>>
>>>
>>> All patches that could be integrated were integrated in Fall 2008, both tines of the fork.
>>
>> Ah, OK. That would mean that most of the patches have not changed since then.
>>
>
> Yes. I'd start with rpm-5.2.1 which is mostly "drop-in" compatible,
> and look at what needs doing to fix some specific issue. There
> will be minor compatibility issues, but there should _NOT_ be any major issues.
>

Got it, thanks!


-- 
later, Robert Xu
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