> This might be a dumb question
>
> > sizes are always 64bit ... RPMSIGTAG_LONGSIZE
>
> If "header + payload" signatures are going away, is there any reason to
> continue storing the combined "header + payload" size? In other words, can
> this not also be ditched?
It's actually a good question. The size tags in the signature are an unreliable
source of information, and not actually needed for anything. Rpm only "uses"
them for debug-printing the information IIRC.
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