diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4866345..d1cb211 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -26,7 +26,25 @@ RPM since the 4.18.x series have changed their build system, it is quite possible they no longer require fakechroot for their test suite. The same issue is reported as issue #105 on github with a patch from someone -other than the author, so I may use it if new RPM still uses fakechroot. +other than the author, so I may use it if new RPM still uses fakechroot. It does +not appear to use it. + +Newer RPM however does want to use ‘rpm-sequoia’ for digests and OpenPGP +however ‘rpm-sequoia’ requires Rust and Rust is a can of worms I just do not +like. Perhaps I am wrong not to like it, but I *really* do not like it. At this +point in time I have zero plans to ever include it in YJL (add-on repositories +of course can) as I just see no value in dealing with it. + +Newer RPM still supports using libgcrypt for the hashes and there is an +unsupported way to use their legacy OpenPGP parser for signatures, detailed at +[RPM PGP Legacy](https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpmpgp_legacy) +git repository. + +Initially I will just go without signature support on my own system while I +decide if I want to cave and install a Rust compiler system (I really despise +the way it works, especially needing to keep multiple versions around because +of their lack of a stable ABI) and decide what to do later. Signatures are not +really necessary during the initial bootstrap. Dependency One: UnZip ---------------------