[Rpm-maint] [PATCH] forbid #%define

[Peter Bowen]

On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 22:59 +0200, devzero2000 wrote:
> >Also, I do have to admit my other agenda of trying to avoid rather
> useless >incompatibilities in rpm.org vs rpm5.org.. (shoot me! ;p)
>
> I you thinks this is important  look at this
> http://devel.linux.duke.edu/gitweb/?p=rpm.git;a=commitdiff;h=05be2a2fdb44558d2b6bc1b785128c1decae2aae
> 
> Look like a "pre-existing" tag was changed from an integer array
> to an integer. So, IMHO, it is likely that changes to pre-existing
> tags will create RPM package incompatibilities in the future.

Actually this does not break compatibility.  There is no integer array
type in rpm.  Each header of integer type contains the tag number, the
type (determines if it is a 8, 16, 32, or 64 bit integer) and the number
of integers stored.

Thanks.
Peter