Add a note about the RPM spec file

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.0.x@125494 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

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@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ PATCHES TO BACKPORT FROM 2.1
        svn rev 122711
        +1: minfrin
        -0: jorton: users could rely on it working as-is; make it conditional?
+       minfrin: The existing spec file in the tree does not work, so not
+                applying this patch means we have no RPMs at all.
+
+                I am strongly against making this conditional - a bundled APR
+                prevents other packages from being installed correctly, or
+                it leads to stupid situations like the sunfreeware packaged
+                subversion client depending on httpd. This mess must end.
 
     *) Add charset to the painfully old example CGI scripts.
        [These should really be replaced with proper encoding of the output.]