RPM 4.10.2 Release Notes

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Summary of changes from RPM 4.10.1

Security

• Fix missing error code on unparseable signature in packages, regression introduced in rpm 4.10.0. This could result in packages with malformed signature falling through signature checking.

General bugfixes and enhancements

• Fix missing error code on –import on bogus key file (RhBug:869667)
• Fix installation of packages containing skipped hardlinks (RhBug:864622)
• Fix –setperms regression introduced in rpm 4.10.0 (RhBug:881835)
• Fix locale dependent behavior in rpm2cpio.sh (RhBug:878363)
• Add –undefine cli switch for undefining macros (related to RhBug:876308)
• Documentation updates (RhBug:665536, RhBug:742362, …)

Internal improvements and cleanups

• Fix NSS-usage clash by using private context when possible (RhBug:871485)
• Fix partial reads and errors in package IO (RhBug:802839, RhBug:580974)
• Fix handling of allocation failure in DSA signature initialization

Build process

• Fix noarch _isa* macro filter in installplatform (RhBug:865436)
• Fix warnings when building with gcc >= 4.7
• Fix warnings when building against NSS >= 3.14