Backport rpm: keep compatibility with createrepo #3317

Job	Run time
Build (Debian bullseye amd64)	12m 25s
Build (Debian bookworm amd64)	13m 19s
Build (Ubuntu Focal amd64)	14m 13s
Build (Ubuntu Jammy amd64)	24m 55s
Build (Ubuntu Noble amd64)	24m 6s
Test Debian bullseye amd64 update-from-v4.sh	1m 21s
Test Debian bullseye amd64 update-to-next-version-with-backward-compat-for-v4.sh	1m 47s
Test Debian bullseye amd64 downgrade-to-v4.sh	1m 39s
Test Debian bullseye amd64 install-newly.sh local	1m 15s
Test Debian bullseye amd64 install-newly.sh v5	1m 31s
Test Debian bullseye amd64 install-newly.sh lts	1m 29s
Test Debian bookworm amd64 install-newly.sh local	1m 22s
Test Debian bookworm amd64 install-newly.sh v5	1m 9s
Test Debian bookworm amd64 install-newly.sh lts	1m 6s
Test Ubuntu Focal amd64 update-from-v4.sh	1m 41s
Test Ubuntu Focal amd64 update-to-next-version-with-backward-compat-for-v4.sh	2m 22s
Test Ubuntu Focal amd64 downgrade-to-v4.sh	1m 45s
Test Ubuntu Focal amd64 install-newly.sh local	1m 54s
Test Ubuntu Focal amd64 install-newly.sh v5	1m 32s
Test Ubuntu Focal amd64 install-newly.sh lts	2m 48s
Test Ubuntu Jammy amd64 update-from-v4.sh	1m 48s
Test Ubuntu Jammy amd64 update-to-next-version-with-backward-compat-for-v4.sh	2m 21s
Test Ubuntu Jammy amd64 downgrade-to-v4.sh	1m 52s
Test Ubuntu Jammy amd64 install-newly.sh local	1m 33s
Test Ubuntu Jammy amd64 install-newly.sh v5	1m 37s
Test Ubuntu Jammy amd64 install-newly.sh lts	1m 33s
Test Ubuntu Noble amd64 install-newly.sh local	1m 22s
	2h 5m 45s

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