[packaging] Fwd: Comment #12: re LSB 4.0 Core beta specification

[Jeff Johnson]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Jeff Johnson <n3npq at mac.com>
> Date: December 28, 2008 10:32:19 AM EST
> To: Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com>
> Subject: Re: [packaging] Comment #12: re LSB 4.0 Core beta  
> specification
>
>
> On Dec 28, 2008, at 10:16 AM, Dan Kegel wrote:
>
>> Jeff,
>> https://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/ReleaseNotes40#More_Information_and_Feedback
>> asked for feedback to be
>> sen to http://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/lsb-discuss
>> or filed at
>> http://bugs.linuxbase.org/buglist.cgi?product=Specification&version=4.0
>> I'm afraid comments sent to packaging@ might get lost in the noise.
>
> I wish a "public" reference for the problems that I have pointed
> out repeatedly in private, in public, for years. All of my comments
> have been sent along in the past.
>
> Not to worry, I'll poop out soon. I most assuredly have better
> things to do than attempt Yet Again a packaging "standard".
>
> Please also that I have offered to supply patches for any version
> of rpm for any requested LSB purpose (if/when a public SOW is  
> delivered
> to me) with the very minor stipulation of attribution(i.e. without
> any mention of "Jeff Johnson" whatsoever, I wish my privacy).
>
> You don't even need to talk to me, or about RPM, or anything else.
>
> Post a SOW instead, watch what happens.
>
> It should be quite clear that any effort to solve any issue
> without a SOW is doomed.
>
> 73 de Jeff
>
>
>>
>> - Dan
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 5:44 AM, Jeff Johnson <n3npq at mac.com> wrote:
>>> The text in section "22.2.4.3" below "Table 22-10. File Info Tag  
>>> Values" at
>>>
>>>
>>> http://dev.linux-foundation.org/betaspecs/booksets/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/pkgformat.html#AEN36803
>>>
>>> does not specify that filenames carried in either representation  
>>> __MUST__ be
>>> sorted
>>> alphabetically. In fact, any rpm package without sorted file names  
>>> will have
>>> UNDEFINED behavior when rpm tools are used to install the package.
>>>
>>> hth
>>>
>>> 73 de Jeff
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
>>>
>

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