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Bug 377175 - RPM sources handling described in devmanual is obsolete
Summary: RPM sources handling described in devmanual is obsolete
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Devmanual (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Devmanual Team
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Reported: 2011-07-31 15:27 UTC by Pacho Ramos
Modified: 2013-02-16 00:08 UTC (History)
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Description Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2011-07-31 15:27:00 UTC 
Due bug 377173 I tried to use rpmcpio instead as it looks to work for me. Looking at devmanual looks like it should be possible:
http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/rpm-sources/index.html

But, sadly, the code looks to have been removed some time ago from eclass, forcing me to use the (non-working) rpm2targz code:
http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/eclass/rpm.eclass?r1=1.16&r2=1.17

Then, either the code should be readded (probably better as looks like rpm2targz doesn't work for all the cases) or devmanual should be updated

Thanks

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Markos Chandras (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-10-30 12:43:51 UTC 
Not sure if this bug needs to be solved in the devmanual or add back the missing code in the eclass.

base@ comments?
Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2012-11-11 23:42:16 UTC 
i would delete the entire note.  i don't know of cases rpm2targz doesn't handle and it's significantly lighter weight than rpm.