Bug 26769

Summary:	rpm -i fails to install some Mandriva source rpms (rpm5.org src.rpms?)
Product:	Sisyphus	Reporter:	viy <viy>
Component:	rpm	Assignee:	placeholder <placeholder>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	qa-sisyphus
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	at, glebfm, imz, ldv, mike, n3npq, peroyvind, placeholder, vt
Version:	unstable
Hardware:	all
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://mirror.yandex.ru/mandriva/devel/2011/SRPMS/contrib/backports/abcm2ps-6.5.15-1.src.rpm

Description viy 2012-01-02 18:36:03 MSK

$ wget -c 'http://mirror.yandex.ru/mandriva/devel/2011/SRPMS/contrib/backports/abcm2ps-6.5.15-1.src.rpm'
 $ rpm -i abcm2ps-6.5.15-1.src.rpm 
ошибка: невозможно получить исключительную блокировку на /var/lib/rpm/Packages
ошибка: невозможно открыть индекс Packages используя db3 -  (-1)
ошибка: не могу открыть базу данных Packages в /var/lib/rpm
$ rpm -q
rpm-4.0.4-alt100.43

Выглядит так, как будто rpm принимает их за бинарные пакеты.

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2012-01-03 03:03:25 MSK

tracked at https://bugs.launchpad.net/rpm/+bug/911021

Comment 2 Dmitry V. Levin 2012-03-19 21:43:51 MSK

(In reply to comment #0)
> $ wget -c
> 'http://mirror.yandex.ru/mandriva/devel/2011/SRPMS/contrib/backports/abcm2ps-6.5.15-1.src.rpm'
>  $ rpm -i abcm2ps-6.5.15-1.src.rpm 
> ошибка: невозможно получить исключительную блокировку на /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> ошибка: невозможно открыть индекс Packages используя db3 -  (-1)
> ошибка: не могу открыть базу данных Packages в /var/lib/rpm
> $ rpm -q
> rpm-4.0.4-alt100.43
> 
> Выглядит так, как будто rpm принимает их за бинарные пакеты.

exactly, they _are_ binary packages:
$ od -A n -N 16 -t x1 -- abcm2ps-7.0.3-1.src.rpm 
 ed ab ee db 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Comment 3 viy 2012-03-19 22:58:12 MSK

:( the whole dir
http://mirror.yandex.ru/mandriva/devel/2011/SRPMS/contrib/backports/
contains those 'srpms' with RPMVERSION=5.3.12.
What does it mean?
is rpm 5.3 compatible with our rpm 4.0+ no more?
or is it just local Mandriva bug?

Comment 4 Jeff Johnson 2012-03-19 23:27:23 MSK

Relax: Per Oyvind added a tracking dependency, now reverted.

The change totally screwed not only Mandriva's build system *twice*
but also ROSA's.

Packages produced by rpm-5.3.12 SHOULD be compatible in
format almost everywhere. The issue is vendor divergence, not
upstream incompatibilities.

Comment 5 viy 2012-03-19 23:59:05 MSK

(В ответ на комментарий №4)
> Relax: Per Oyvind added a tracking dependency, now reverted.
> 
> The change totally screwed not only Mandriva's build system *twice*
> but also ROSA's.
> 
> Packages produced by rpm-5.3.12 SHOULD be compatible in
> format almost everywhere. The issue is vendor divergence, not
> upstream incompatibilities.

thanks! that's good news.

Comment 6 Per Øyvind Karlsen 2012-03-20 18:09:50 MSK

(In reply to comment #4)
> Relax: Per Oyvind added a tracking dependency, now reverted.
Not related at all (and it only affected a few packages in cooker for a few days)..

Judging by Dmitry's comment, a better guess would be that the issue is that rpmlead is being used to determine whether src.rpm or not..