Latest revision as of 08:41, 6 October 2023

RPM 4.19

Summary

Update RPM to the 4.19 release.

Owner

Name: Florian Festi
Email: ffesti@redhat.com

Current status

Targeted release: Fedora Linux 39
Last updated: 2023-10-06
devel thread
FESCo issue: #2980
Tracker bug: #2187480
Release notes tracker: #979

Completed items

Acquire a side tag: f39-build-side-67564
Build rpm with bundling old libraries
Rebuild reverse dependencies (current state):
- abrt-2.17.0-1.fc39
- abrt-java-connector-1.3.2-3.fc39
- anaconda-39.16-2.fc39 - build-requires s390utils, run-requires dnf
- annobin-12.10-3.fc39
- deltarpm-3.6.3-9.fc39
- dnf5-5.0.11-3.fc39
- fapolicyd-1.2-5.fc39
- freeipa - dlopens librpm for an unchanged rpmvercmp() [1], skipped.
- frr-8.5.1-2.fc39 - build-requires net-snmp
- gnome-software-44.1-2.fc39
- libappstream-glib-0.8.2-3.fc39
- libdnf-0.70.1-3.fc39
- libdnf-plugin-swidtags-0.8.8-8.fc39 - build-requires libdnf
- libextractor-1.10-10.fc39
- libguestfs-1.51.3-2.fc39
- libsolv-0.7.24-4.fc39
- libzypp-17.31.8-2.fc39
- microdnf-3.9.0-3.fc39 - build-requires libnf, run-requires dnf
- net-snmp-5.9.3-3.fc39
- openscap-1.3.7-3.fc39
- PackageKit-1.2.6-8.fc39 - build-requires libappstream-glib, libdnf
- perl-RPM-VersionCompare-0.1.1-45.fc39
- perl-RPM2-1.4-23.fc39
- php-pecl-rpminfo-0.6.0-9.fc39
- rpmconf-1.1.10-1.fc39 - needs adapting to RPM 4.19 Python API, patch proposed upstream and downstream, this one can wait until later (not critical for the RPM update)
- rpminspect-1.11-2.fc39
- rpm-ostree-2023.4-3.fc39 - build-requires libsolv, frequent updates
- rpmreaper-0.2.0-30.fc39
- rust-blsctl-0.2.3-11.fc39
- s390utils-2.26.0-2.fc39 - build-requires net-snmp
- satyr-0.42-2.fc39
- scl-utils-2.0.2-22.fc39
- supermin-5.3.3-5.fc39
- systemtap-4.9-2.fc39
- transactional-update-3.6.2-6.fc39
- rpm-git-tag-sort-1.0-12.fc39
Synchronize packages updated in parallel in Rawhide
Create a Bodhi update from the side-tag
Check update test results
Push the update into Rawhide
Rebuild rpm without old libraries and push into rawhide
Final rpm 4.19 release and update package in Fedora

In progress items

To be done items

Detailed Description

RPM 4.19 contains various improvements over previous versions. Many of them are internal in nature such as moving from automake to cmake, improvements to the test suite, stripping copies of system functions, splitting translations into a separate project and more. There are still several user facing changes:

New rpmsort(8) utility for sorting RPM versions
x86-64 architecture levels (v2-v4) as architectures
Support for %preuntrans and %postuntrans scriptlets
Creating User and Groups from sysusers.d files including Provides and Requires or Recommends
Dynamic Spec generation
- find_lang now being able to generate language sub packages

The 4.19 alpha release is expected in April and the final release is expected in time for the Fedora 39 release cycle as usual.

Feedback

Benefit to Fedora

This release comes with many improvements. It opens the possibility for Fedora to adopt the new major features mentioned above.

Scope

Proposal owners:
- Release RPM 4.19 alpha
- Rebase RPM
- Assist with dealing with incompatibilities
- Integrate/Disable new User/Group handling
  - Conflicts with the current one including the Provides generation in systemd-rpm-macros
  - Switching this on will need another global change (if Fedora decides to do so)

Other developers:
- Test new release, report issues and bugs

Release engineering: #Releng issue number

Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Alignment with Community Initiatives:

Upgrade/compatibility impact

%patch without arguments and options is an error
%patchN syntax is deprecated
File globbing is now more consistent

How To Test

Rpm receives a thorough and constant testing via every single package build, system installs and updates. New features can be tested specifically as per their documentation.

User Experience

There are no major differences in the normal user experience.

Dependencies

Deprecated APIs are removed. This may require adjustments to software still using them.
so-name of librpm changes. Packages depending on it are expected to need a re-build
Packages running in the changes mentioned in the Upgrade/compatibility impact section might need adjusting. This should be relatively rare, though.

Contingency Plan

Contingency mechanism: Revert back to RPM 4.18
Contingency deadline: Beta freeze
Blocks release? No

Documentation

Release notes at https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.19.0 and reference manual at https://rpm-software-management.github.io/rpm/manual/

Release Notes

https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.19.0

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 * Build rpm with bundling old libraries
 * Rebuild reverse dependencies ([https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/builds?inherited=0&tagID=67564 current state]):
-** anaconda-39.15-2.fc39 - build-requires s390utils, run-requires dnf
+** abrt-2.17.0-1.fc39
+** abrt-java-connector-1.3.2-3.fc39
+** anaconda-39.16-2.fc39 - build-requires s390utils, run-requires dnf
+** annobin-12.10-3.fc39
+** deltarpm-3.6.3-9.fc39
 ** dnf5-5.0.11-3.fc39
 ** fapolicyd-1.2-5.fc39
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 ** libsolv-0.7.24-4.fc39
 ** libzypp-17.31.8-2.fc39
-** microdnf-3.9.0-3.fc39 - build-require libnf, run-requires dnf
+** microdnf-3.9.0-3.fc39 - build-requires libnf, run-requires dnf
 ** net-snmp-5.9.3-3.fc39
 ** openscap-1.3.7-3.fc39
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 ** perl-RPM2-1.4-23.fc39
 ** php-pecl-rpminfo-0.6.0-9.fc39
-** rpm-ostree-2023.4-3.fc39 - build-requiers libsolv, frequent updates
+** rpmconf-1.1.10-1.fc39 - needs adapting to RPM 4.19 Python API, patch proposed [https://github.com/xsuchy/rpmconf/pull/52 upstream] and [https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/rpmconf/pull-request/4 downstream], this one can wait until later (not critical for the RPM update)
+** rpminspect-1.11-2.fc39
+** rpm-ostree-2023.4-3.fc39 - build-requires libsolv, frequent updates
 ** rpmreaper-0.2.0-30.fc39
 ** rust-blsctl-0.2.3-11.fc39
 ** s390utils-2.26.0-2.fc39 - build-requires net-snmp
 ** satyr-0.42-2.fc39
+** scl-utils-2.0.2-22.fc39
 ** supermin-5.3.3-5.fc39
 ** systemtap-4.9-2.fc39
 ** transactional-update-3.6.2-6.fc39
+** rpm-git-tag-sort-1.0-12.fc39
+* Synchronize packages updated in parallel in Rawhide
+* Create a Bodhi update from the side-tag
+* Check update test results
+* Push the update into Rawhide
+* Rebuild rpm without old libraries and push into rawhide
+* Final rpm 4.19 release and update package in Fedora
 === In progress items ===
-* Rebuild reverse dependencies:
-** abrt - needs adapting to RPM 4.19 C API, [https://github.com/abrt/abrt/pull/1637 patch] merged upstream, unrelated [https://github.com/abrt/abrt/actions/runs/5015127433/jobs/8995678179 build failure] yet to be resolved
-** abrt-java-connector - no changes required, will be built by Matej Grabovsky, the owner of abrt, as well
-** rpminspect - needs adapting to RPM 4.19 C API, [https://github.com/rpminspect/rpminspect/pull/1182 patch] proposed upstream
-** rpmconf - needs adapting to RPM 4.19 Python API, [https://github.com/xsuchy/rpmconf/pull/52 patch] proposed upstream, may need to be downstream-only though
-** rpm-git-tag-sort-1.0-12.fc39 - unrelated FTBFS [https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101335134 build failure], [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2208579 bug report]
 === To be done items ===
-* Rebuild reverse dependencies:
-** annobin - a racing update: annobin-12.10-2.fc39
-* Rebuild rpm without old libraries
-* Synchronize packages updated in parallel in Rawhide
-* Create a Bodhi update from the side-tag
-* Check update test results
 == Detailed Description ==
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 == Release Notes ==
-https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.19.0 (still work in progress)
+https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.19.0

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