Description of problem: When I add some file to the repos repodata and then calls `createrepo -- update`, repomd.xml is overwritten and do not contain file added by modifrepo. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.noarch How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. # modifyrepo my_file.txt $REPO_DIR/repodata 2. # createrepo --database --update $REPO_DIR 3. # grep my_file.txt $REPO_DIR/repodata/repomd.xml Actual results: my_file.txt is not listed in the $REPO_DIR/repodata/repomd.xml Expected results: my_file.txt is listed in the $REPO_DIR/repodata/repomd.xml Additional info: I'm not sure if this is a bug, or if this is an expected behaviour.
Just found this old bug that wasn't tagged properly and therefore lost.
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