Better packaging for older hardware?

Paul Gear paul at gear.dyndns.org
Sun Oct 19 00:54:12 UTC 2003


Mike A. Harris wrote:
> ...
>>
>>Not a complaint, but why did they/you move changelogs from the doc
>>directory into the RPM database?  It doesn't seem like a very necessary
>>thing...
> 
> 
> I/we did not and have not ever moved changelogs from doc
> directory to rpm database.  You misunderstand what an rpm 
> changelog is.
> ...
> The two changelogs are totally different in concept, and the rpm 
> spec file changelog has always existed in rpm and been stored in 
> the rpm database, and a given upstream program's changelog - if 
> one exists for a given piece of software has never been stored in 
> the rpm database.

OK - i am now enlightened.  Please forgive my ignorance.
-- 
Paul
http://paulgear.webhop.net

A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right.
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