necessary with some stupid python-based setup script, since the spec lists uncompressed manpages and rpm by default will compress them but not update the file list. (fuck you, redhat)

rpmbuild -bb --define "_topdir $(pwd)/build/bdist.linux-i686/rpm" --define "__os_install_post %{nil}" --clean build/bdist.linux-i686/rpm/SPECS/*.spec

ahahahahaha. ESR hits the nail right on the head, about 12 years too late.
The proximate causes of this failure were (1) incompetent repository maintenance, making any nontrivial upgrade certain to founder on a failed dependency, and (2) the fact that rpm is not statically linked -- so it's possible to inadvertently remove a shared library it ( Read more... )

So, I hate RPM ( Read more... )

A play tentatively titled 'I hate yuo, rpm'. Did this over my lunch break.
( I don't have too much time on my hands, no, no. )