Commits on Sep 23, 2024

1. Enable C++ exceptions on the codebase …

   Jan Engelheart pointed out that with -fno-exceptions `new` failing
   will return a nullptr. Which seems fine until you realize that all
   of rpm is built on the notion that allocations never fail, they
   terminate the program instead. Only with the C++ refactorings, a
   significant portion of the code is now relying on `new` and not checking
   its return. Ooops.
   
   Uncaught exceptions will terminate an unsuspecting program anyhow,
   let that happen. We'll be adding catches over time...
   
   Besides allocations, not being able to deal with exceptions in the C++
   side of things would put us at severe handicap all over the place - they
   are an essential part of the language and STL.

   

   pmatilai committed Sep 23, 2024
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