Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: bookworm User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu X-Debbugs-Cc: r...@packages.debian.org, team+pkg-...@tracker.debian.org, r...@debian.org Control: affects -1 + src:rpm
[ Reason ] Version 4.18 of RPM changed the format of its internal database from the traditional BerkeleyDB one to a new SQLite implementation. For compatibility purposes, including the ability to automatically migrate an old database to a new one during an upgrade, RPM needs to be able to read the old-format database. Some more information may be found in #1061258. Due to my omission when packaging the RPM update to 4.18.0, the corresponding configure-script option was not included when building the Debian RPM package. [ Impact ] Users who upgrade from RPM 4.16.0 or earlier to 4.18.0 cannot use their database of packages already installed via RPM. [ Tests ] None so far. [ Risks ] Although the `--enable-bdb-ro` option that allows RPM to read old-style BerkeleyDB files using its own parser is marked as experimental in the documentation, it is considered stable enough to use by other Linux distributions, both RPM-based and those that, like Debian, only provide RPM as a convenience to the users. IMHO any risk of data corruption or incorrect behavior is minimal. [ Checklist ] [x] *all* changes are documented in the d/changelog [x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them [x] attach debdiff against the package in (old)stable [x] the issue is verified as fixed in unstable [ Changes ] Pass the `--enable-bdb-ro` option to the GNU configure script, thus building the internal BerkeleyDB parser that RPM will use to read the old-style database of installed packages.
diff -Nru rpm-4.18.0+dfsg/debian/changelog rpm-4.18.0+dfsg/debian/changelog
--- rpm-4.18.0+dfsg/debian/changelog 2023-01-05 20:29:48.000000000 +0200
+++ rpm-4.18.0+dfsg/debian/changelog 2024-01-25 14:18:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+rpm (4.18.0+dfsg-1+deb12u1) bookworm; urgency=medium
+
+ * Team upload.
+ * Enable the read-only BerkeleyDB backend. Closes: #1061258
+
+ -- Peter Pentchev <r...@debian.org> Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:18:24 +0200
+
rpm (4.18.0+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium
* Team upload.
diff -Nru rpm-4.18.0+dfsg/debian/rules rpm-4.18.0+dfsg/debian/rules
--- rpm-4.18.0+dfsg/debian/rules 2023-01-05 20:29:48.000000000 +0200
+++ rpm-4.18.0+dfsg/debian/rules 2024-01-25 14:18:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
--with-vendor=debian \
--enable-shared \
--enable-python \
+ --enable-bdb-ro \
CPPFLAGS="$(CPPFLAGS)"
configure_paths += \
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