7.178. redhat-rpm-config

Bug Fixes

BZ#842761

Prior to this update, the find-requires.ksyms script provided by the redhat-rpm-config package could not locate the kernel Application Binary Interface (ABI) reference files provided by the kabi-whitelists package. As a consequence, building an RPM that contained a kernel module (*.ko) resulted in the "KERNEL ABI COMPATIBILITY WARNING" error message, and no compatibility check was performed. With this update, the kernel ABI reference files can be successfully located, and ABI compatibility of kernel object files can now be verified in the described situation.

BZ#1179521

RPM scans files during the build process for dependencies, and if a file is accidentally detected as a script by libmagic, RPM parses the first line for the "#!" string to get the interpreter. Previously, RPM could pick up random data if the "#!" string was not included at the beginning of the file. With this update, the RPM verification process is more thorough, and incorrect requirements are no longer picked up.

BZ#1199983

With this update, the redhat-rpm-config package has been added as a dependency of the rpm-build package. A new RPM virtual provide has been added to the system-rpm-config package, which allows system-rpm-config to be required by rpm-build while still being able to be replaced by a third party package.