[MacPorts] #38456: Port request: rpm_select (and other rpm port improvements)

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#38456: Port request: rpm_select (and other rpm port improvements)
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  Reporter:  egall@…                      |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  request                      |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal                       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                        |    Version:  2.1.3
Resolution:  wontfix                      |   Keywords:
      Port:  rpm rpm45 rpm52 rpm53 rpm54  |
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Comment (by larryv@…):

 Replying to [comment:14 afb@…]:
 > One solution is to keep just one of each, rather than having
 > rpm48/rpm49/rpm410/rpm411 and rpm45/rpm52/rpm53/rpm54 ?
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 > But it's "easier" to just keep rpm 4.4.x around forever, than actually
 > making some decisions on what software to keep in the tree.

 Are there other ports that absolutely require specific versions of rpm, in
 the way that some ports can’t use Python 3.x and thus need Python 2.x? I
 don’t really know anything about rpm.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/38456#comment:17>
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