rpm package with many files inside

[Panu Matilainen]

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009, Jan Chadima wrote:

> Hello All

> I need to create rpm package with cca 500000-1000000 tiny files inside. 
> The whole tree is about 2-3GB binary data. Koji dies with "error: Unable 
> to create immutable header region." There are existing bug 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462539
> How to make that package?

As explained in comment #6 of the bug...

You need to split it up or find another way to decrease the number of 
individual files in it. The size of the package isn't an issue for recent 
rpm, but with that many files storing the associated data exceeds the 
currently permitted maximum header size.

 	- Panu -