diff --git a/SPECS/redhat-rpm-config.spec b/SPECS/redhat-rpm-config.spec index 073a0c4..801aada 100644 --- a/SPECS/redhat-rpm-config.spec +++ b/SPECS/redhat-rpm-config.spec @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Summary: Red Hat specific rpm configuration files Name: redhat-rpm-config -Version: 130 +Version: 131 Release: 1%{?dist} # No version specified. License: GPL+ @@ -176,16 +176,49 @@ install -p -m 755 %{SOURCE21} %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/kabi.sh # This trigger is used to decide which version of the annobin plugin for gcc # should be used. See comments in the script for full details. +# +# Note: for RHEL the rpm containing the annobin built plugin is called +# "annobin", whereas in Fedora it is called "annobin-plugin-gcc". This is +# for historical reasons and will change with the introduction of RHEL-10. +# +# Note - whilst "gcc-plugin-annobin" requires "gcc" and hence in theory we +# do not need to trigger on "gcc", the redhat-annobin-plugin-select.sh +# script invokes gcc to determine the version of the gcc plugin, and this +# can be significant. +# +# For example, suppose that version N of gcc is installed and that annobin +# version A (built by gcc version N) is also installed. Then a new version +# of gcc is released. If the rpms are updated in this order: +# gcc-plugin-annobin +# gcc +# then when the trigger for gcc-plugin-annobin is run, the script will see +# (the not yet updated) gcc is currently version N, which matches the current +# annobin plugin A, so no changes are necessary. Then gcc is updated and, +# if the trigger below did not include "gcc", the script would not run again +# and so now you would have an out of date version of the annobin plugin. +# +# Alternatively imagine installing gcc and annobin for the first time. +# If the installation order is: +# gcc +# annobin-plugin-gcc +# gcc-plugin-annobin +# then the installation of gcc will not cause the gcc-plugin-annobin to be +# selected, since it does not exist yet. Then annobin-plugin-gcc is installed +# and since it is the only plugin, it will be selected. Then +# gcc-plugin-annobin is installed, and if the trigger below was not set to +# run on gcc-plugin-annobin, it would pass unnoticed. +# +# Hence it is necessary to trigger on both gcc and gcc-plugin-annobin. -%triggerin -- annobin gcc-plugin-annobin +%triggerin -- annobin gcc-plugin-annobin gcc %{rrcdir}/redhat-annobin-plugin-select.sh %end -# We also trigger when annobin is uninstalled. This allows us to switch -# over to the gcc generated version of the plugin. It does not matter if +# We also trigger when an annobin plugin is uninstalled. This allows us to switch +# over to the other version of the plugin. It does not matter if # gcc is uninstalled, since if that happens the plugin cannot be used. -%triggerpostun -- annobin +%triggerpostun -- annobin gcc-plugin-annobin %{rrcdir}/redhat-annobin-plugin-select.sh %end @@ -235,6 +268,9 @@ install -p -m 755 %{SOURCE21} %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/kabi.sh %{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d/macros.kmp %changelog +* Wed Feb 08 2023 Nick Clifton - 131-1 +- Fix triggers for the installation and removal of gcc-plugin-annobin. (#2168233) + * Tue Apr 05 2022 Nick Clifton = 130-1 - Select between gcc-built and annobin-built versions of the annobin plugin. (#2067153)