XZ compression on F10

[Andre Robatino]

On 08/18/2009 10:50 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote:
> Andre Robatino wrote:
>> I know that the updated version of rpm on both F11 and Rawhide
>> understands the new XZ payload compression.  What about F10?  It's
>> currently at rpm-4.6.1-1.fc10, and this page
>>
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XZRpmPayloads
>>
>> seems to imply that it should work, but F10's rpm hasn't been
>> updated in over two months and it seems unlikely.  I don't have a
>> F10 box to check.
> 
> Well, the feature page does say that supporting upgrades from F10 to
> F12 is planned, which will require an update of rpm with xz support
> for F10.  But you're correct that it has not happened yet.
> 
> If you just need an updated rpm package with xz support for yourself
> (say for building rawhide packages in mock or something), you can find
> some at: http://fedora.danny.cz/rpm/
> 
> I'll attach a diff against the current F-10 branch of rpm from
> Fedora's cvs tree.

I'm currently providing deltaisos for Fedora 12 Alpha TC -> RC1, and
wanted to notify people of which platforms they're usable on - I'll have
to warn people they'll need updated F11 or above.  Thanks.


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