#38456: Port request: rpm_select (and other rpm port improvements) ---------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: egall@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: request | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.1.3 Keywords: | Port: rpm rpm45 rpm52 rpm53 rpm54 ---------------------+----------------------------------------- Currently there are a number of rpm ports, and the default `rpm` that a lot of other ports depend on is the very old rpm 4.4, which has [comment:ticket:38443:4 issues]. The current "rpm" port should be renamed "rpm44", all ports that currently depend on just-plain "rpm" should have their dependencies updated*, and an "rpm_select" port should be introduced to allow users to select the default rpm version. *Currently the following ports depend on just-plain rpm: {{{ gl00b05047:macportsscripts root# port echo depends:rpm apt-rpm poldek rpm2html smart yum yum-arch createrepo }}} -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/38456> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X