[Rpm-maint] [PATCH 4/5] Extend header size to 64MB due to file signatures

[Stefan Berger]

"Rpm-maint" <rpm-maint-bounces at lists.rpm.org> wrote on 04/27/2016 05:50:54 
AM:


> 
> Well changing header size limit needs a bit more thought. The main
> problem is that packages with bigger header will look broken on older
> rpm versions and the usual way of dealing with this (adding rpmlib()
> Requires) won't work it needs reading the header.

These huge headers are only occurring in a few very large packages and 
only if one applies the per-file signatures. So most users probably won't 
notice.

> 
> Also I wonder if we should increase the header size even more, to get
> rid of this topic for a longer time. I thought about 256MB which gives a
> 4 times increase over the 16MB. I am kinda tempted to go even further.
> Otoh the limit is there for a reason. And having rpm chew through one GB
> of broken data doesn't sound like a pleasant experience.

Anything >=16 MB works with signed files for all packages in Fedora 23. 
Let me know if you want me to resubmit the patch with a higher limit.

   Stefan

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