Re: [OE-core] RPM 6 in Wrynose

[Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>]

Hello,

On 3/11/26 23:42, Matthew Ware (mattware) wrote:
> Thanks Robert,
> 
> I'm looking internally within the team for whether we have the resources and 
> expertise to be able to help at all :)
> 
> If we do find the time/ability to help, we would likely need guidance on what's 
> been tested already, what needs testing still, how to test, etc.
> 

I've fixed all the known issues and sent V8:

https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/232960

Thanks for everyone's great help, especially Mathieu Dubois-Briand.

This is the most difficult work that I've met in the past 17 years.

// Robert

> Thanks,
> Matt
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 11, 2026 12:18 PM
> *To:* Matthew Ware (mattware) <mattware@cisco.com>; Alexander Kanavin 
> <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
> *Cc:* openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org <openembedded- 
> core@lists.openembedded.org>; Elliot Sparling (esparlin) <esparlin@cisco.com>; 
> Mathieu Dubois-Briand <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>; 
> adam.duskett@amarulasolutions.com <adam.duskett@amarulasolutions.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [OE-core] RPM 6 in Wrynose
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/11/26 20:00, Matthew Ware (mattware) wrote:
>  > Hi Alex,
>  >
>  > Fair question! My team are looking at using yocto 6.0 when it's released, and
>  > rpm6 has some features we're interested in. If rpm 6 makes it into yocto 6.0 we
> 
> I'm still working on upgrading to 6, here is the latest tmp code:
> 
> $ git fetch https://github.com/robertlinux/yocto <https://urldefense.com/v3/ 
> __https://github.com/robertlinux/yocto__;!!AjveYdw8EvQ!d1UZR5NKHPP7CMaf- 
> i8ietOYQm27QGloqRWeE0sM1Cjx3zDXxt8QfFSJfb9x-Xs80wt8QxoYvsIjj0HPNtGH$> rbt/rpm_tmp
> 
> Currently, it can't provides the pkgconfig files correctly when the pc files are
> /usr/share/pkgconfig/, any help is appreciated, for example, help to do more
> testing to find the corner cases.
> 
> // Robert
> 
>  > can start taking advantage of those features, and I want to plan for that :).
>  > Similar with dnf 5.
>  >
>  > Thanks,
>  > Matt
>  >
>  >
>  > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  > *From:* Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
>  > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 10, 2026 5:26 PM
>  > *To:* Matthew Ware (mattware) <mattware@cisco.com>
>  > *Cc:* openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org <openembedded-
>  > core@lists.openembedded.org>; Elliot Sparling (esparlin) <esparlin@cisco.com>;
>  > Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>; Mathieu Dubois-Briand <mathieu.dubois-
>  > briand@bootlin.com>; adam.duskett@amarulasolutions.com
>  > <adam.duskett@amarulasolutions.com>
>  > *Subject:* Re: [OE-core] RPM 6 in Wrynose
>  >
>  > On Tue, 10 Mar 2026 at 18:24, Matthew Ware (mattware)
>  > <mattware@cisco.com> wrote:
>  >  > Also, since we're here: is there any plan to move to DNF 5? I see Wrynose is
>  > staying on 4.x, but wondered if there was a plan/aim for DNF 5.
>  >
>  > Yes, there are WIP patches for it too. Adam is working on it.
>  >
>  > I have to ask: can you give us some context? What makes you interested
>  > in having these versions in Yocto?
>  >
>  > Alex
>