Notable changes to createrepo_c
Review the most notable changes to createrepo_c between RHEL 9 and RHEL 10.
- Default
createrepo_ccompression changed fromgziptoZstandard - The
createrepo_ccommand compresses non-database metadata with theZstandard(zstd) compression algorithm instead ofgzip. Note that the database metadata still defaults to thebzip2format. You can override the compression format by using the--general-compress-typeoption. - SQLite databases are not generated by default
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To save disk space, the
createrepo_ccommand no longer creates SQLite databases next to XML files. You can explicitly create the databases by using the--databaseoption.Note Support for creating the SQLite databases with thecreaterepo --databasescommand is deprecated and will be removed in future RHEL major versions.