> On 10/25/2016 09:35 PM, David Shea wrote: > > Well then, who exactly should set the RPM standard if not RPM itself? > > FWIW, the change in question occurred in the transition from RPM V3 > packages to V4 packages which involved much more than just file name > storage and RPM still transparently handles both package versions > sixteen years after the change. I'm not sure what's so funny about that. > > - Panu - My point is there is no standard. The part I quoted is a comment to a static function in a file in the rpm source. The comment on RPMTAG_FILENAMES in rpmtag.h (NB: these comments are the only things that explain what tags exist and what goes in them) notes that the tag is an "extension", and the comment on fnTag() is the only place that explains what the heck it's extended from. There is no RPM standard. The content of RPM, the file format, is dictated by RPM, the program, and it is hostile to parsing by any other program. What *should* set the RPM standard is an actual, you know, standard. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
