RPM 4.9.0 released

[Posted March 9, 2011 by corbet]

From:		Panu Matilainen <pmatilai-AT-redhat.com>
To:		rpm-announce-AT-lists.rpm.org, rpm-maint-AT-lists.rpm.org
Subject:		RPM 4.9.0 released!
Date:		Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:08:11 +0200
Message-ID:		<4D6E08FB.2090300@redhat.com>
Cc:		lwn-AT-lwn.net
Archive‑link:		Article

We're pleased to announce the availability of RPM release 4.9.0. 
Download instructions and more detailed information are available from:

     http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.0

The number of changes since RPM 4.8.x is vast, but here's a (very) short 
summary of some of the highlights and more visible changes:

General:
* Rpm now refuses to install packages which are obsoleted by an
   already installed package
* Allow installation of self-conflicting packages
* -i/--info query format has been changed to a more readable
   "tag: value" per line formatting
* New command line utilities for spec queries (with much
   enhanced functionality), package signing, keyring operations
   and database maintenance

Package building:
* Dependency generators are now pluggable and filterable
* Package scriptlets can now be macro-expanded during transaction
* Packages can now supply extra transaction ordering hints
* Short-circuiting binary builds is now permitted (but
   such packages are deliberately "poisoned")

On behalf of the rpm-team,

     - Panu -