Use ar as a wrapper/payload/PO format
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Jeff Johnson
RPM already permits ar (the GNU variety) as a payload format (caveat: the format is useless for payloads).
The more interesting usage case is not for the payload: the ar format is quite deranged.
However *.deb uses ar as a wrapper format, and PO files (in glibc) use ar format.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Started
- Approver:
- Jeff Johnson
- Priority:
- Low
- Drafter:
- None
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Jeff Johnson
- Definition:
- Discussion
- Series goal:
- Accepted for 5.0
- Implementation:
-
Good progress
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Jeff Johnson
- Completed by
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The ar format is targeted towards payloads, and needs to be retargeted for other usages (like handling *.deb wrappers).
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