2. Who is the customer behind the request?

Account: Wells Fargo/1455359
TAM customer: no
CSM customer: no
Strategic: yes

3. What is the nature and description of the request?

They would like to be able to query packages using 'rpm --dbpath <db> -qf <file>' as they were able to in RHEL 6.

They stated that when files are in "(replaced)" status (in 'rpm -V output), they cannot query their history using the following command, and need to be able to do this:

    # rpm --dbpath <db> -qf <file>

Example:

    $ rpm --dbpath /src/tlketl1/dev/anthill/rpmdb -qf /src/tlketl1/dev/abinitio/tlk/tlk_practice/sql/BladeEntitlementContract_ATOM_3569.sql
MISSING 1406 <--------------------------------- SHOWS 'MISSING' INSTEAD OF A PACKAGE NAME
tlk-tlk_practice-20210219093029-1447.x86_64

4. Why does the customer need this? (List the business requirements here)

We have automated build and deploy processes for ~150 enterprise applications.

    - These applications may have a dozen to a few hundred named RPM packages each.
    - Applications can chose a 'full' or 'incremental' build.
    - A 'full' build consists of all objects in a named RPM package.
    - An 'incremental' build consists of a subset of objects in an RPM package.
    - Most Applications create 'incremental' builds that consist of only a few files that is effectively a 'patch'.
    - 'Full' builds use rpm -U while 'incremental' builds use rpm -i.

Over time an application’s deployed base of files may consist of a full build plus dozens of patches.

    - Sometimes they need to rollback a patch.
    - When we rollback, we erase (rpm -e) the RPM that they want to roll back.
    - However this leaves missing files.

In order to recover the missing files, we run rpm -qf to find the previous package that contained that missing file. This loops for each file:

     - The previous package is retrieved from Artifactory.
     - We then restore the file from the identified package using "rpm2cpio <rpm> | cpio -idvm '<file>".

5. How would the customer like to achieve this? (List the functional requirements here)

We would like to request a switch that would allow this functionality

6. For each functional requirement listed, specify how Red Hat and the customer can test to confirm the requirement is successfully implemented.

We can repeat the following test:

# rpm --dbpath=/test/rpmdb -ivh --force rpm_test-1-0.x86_64.rpm --prefix /test/installdir/
# rpm --dbpath=/test/rpmdb -ivh --force rpm_test-2-0.x86_64.rpm --prefix /test/installdir/

Whichever one is installed second, will overwrite the first one. The first one now shows (replaced)

# rpm --dbpath=/test/rpmdb -V rpm_test-1-0
  .........    /files/x (replaced)
# rpm --dbpath=/test/rpmdb -V rpm_test-2-0

7. Is there already an existing RFE upstream or in Red Hat Bugzilla?

No

8. Does the customer have any specific timeline dependencies and which release would they like to target (i.e. RHEL5, RHEL6)?

RHEL 8

9. Is the sales team involved in this request and do they have any additional input?

No

10. List any affected packages or components.

rpm

11. Would the customer be able to assist in testing this functionality if implemented?

yes