Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: rpm
The Mancoosi WP5 Project discovered a bug in RPM last November,
comparing apt and rpm assertion checkers.
The bug affects all versions of RPM. A Conflicts: assertion with
a missing value in the Release: field returns FALSE instead of TRUE.
Conflicts: assertions that explicitly include a Release: have the
correct value.
Since the bug has never been reported against RPM (in the ~10 years the
bug has been present) its still not clear
what the final resolution will be.
The choices to fixing are pretty clear:
1) remain "bug compatible" with all existing releases of RPM.
The corollary here will be to detect and forbid Conflicts: without an
explicit Release:
2) retrofit a fix (as Mandriva has attempted) to be logically consistent with
assertions.
The "fix" isn't hard and is known. This path will be what @rpm5.org does as
soon as
its clear what legacy compatibility issues need to be solved and
implemented.
** Affects: rpm
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: rpm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: rpm
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Conflicts: dependency assertions with missing release misfire
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/638234
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