[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] 4.15.1: problem with rpm and --root option (#1372)

[Tomasz Kłoczko]

I don't think that rpm should be doing anything using chroot() for simple query.
To make query all what needs to be done is just add base root path (for /var/lib/rpm, /etc/rpm and /var/lib/rpm as well).
On install/upgrade/remove the same if will be done from non-root current checks is uid=0 is IMO enough to exit with non-zero code.
chroot() will be only necessary for install/upgrade/remove/verify operations (for (%verifyscript) from root or when rpm process will have necessary capabilities to call chroot().

Nevertheless currently -r/--root does not work even for queries.


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