On 4/7/22 19:47, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 12:24 PM Ben Cotton <bcotton(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RPM-4.18
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> == Summary ==
> Update RPM to the [
https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0 4.18] release.
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> == Owner ==
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> * Name: [[User:pmatilai|Panu Matilainen]]
> * Email: pmatilai(a)redhat.com
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>
> == Detailed Description ==
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> RPM 4.18 contains various improvements over previous versions, but in
> particular this release addresses a whole class of symlink handling
> related security issues, some with CVE's, from 2021. Other notable
> improvements include
> * A more intuitive conditional builds macro `%bcond`
I looked this up[1] because it caught my attention. This is an
extremely welcome change and I would like to shower praise upon
everyone who worked on it.
One thing I noticed while perusing the new docs: the documentation for
%autosetup is incomplete. The doc reads: "Generally %autosetup accepts
the same arguments as %setup does", but the section on %setup no
longer exists. Only the unique arguments for %autosetup are listed.
I don't think our docs ever covered %setup, that would've been max-rpm
more likely. Of course, %setup *should* be covered by our docs, and
ditto for %patch.
- Panu -