On Friday 16 February 2007, Panu Matilainen wrote:
Heh, actually this last one item (cause of no-end stupid mistakes) has
actually already been fixed in RPM while we weren't looking. In
/usr/share/doc/rpm-*/CHANGES:
4.3.3 -> 4.4:
...
- silently add default %defattr(-,root,root) for all packages.
...
And that indeed seems to be the case. One check-item less in the package
review procedure.
Not for EL-4's rpm 4.3.3. Enough reason to continue requiring it IMO.