pkReadHdr() shouldn't fail on minor number differences

CVS patchset: 1000
CVS date: 1996/08/31 14:58:53

diff --git a/lib/package.c b/lib/package.c
index 9272a4f..e7a7676 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/package.c
+++ b/lib/package.c
@@ -73,11 +73,9 @@ int pkgReadHeader(int fd, Header * hdr, int * isSource, int * major,
            arch = 1;             /* old versions of RPM only supported Linux */
            addEntry(*hdr, RPMTAG_OS, INT8_TYPE, &arch, 1);
        } else if (lead.major == 2 || lead.major == 3) {
-           if (lead.minor) {
-               error(RPMERR_NEWPACKAGE, "only packages with minor numbers = 0"
-                       " are supported by this version of RPM");
-               return 2;
-           }
+           /* minor number differences indicate backwards compatible
+              changes */
+
            if (readSignature(fd, NULL, lead.signature_type)) {
               return 2;
            }