check dependency`s :) ultimately.. a new yum version which just takes a second or 2 to check the dependency`s. <blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote"> Perhaps you're not getting it. RPM does not compare things such as "5.00504" vs "5.6", rather it breaks each part separated by a period into an individual item and compares those items. In effect, it compares 5 to 5, then 00504 to 6. Given that 00504 (which is really 504) is a larger number than 6 (or 00006 if you rather), the 5.00504 package is rpm newer than the 5.6 package.</blockquote><div> first off.. sorry for not understanding the rpm part.. i understand it now. rpm clearly breaks all logic in version numbering. (atleast my point of view for the version logic) a question: what i still don`t get is where rpm is gonna step is.. aren`t i just checking the dependency`s with php + mysql (c++ + mysql when it`s all finished) and just use rpm to install / remove stuff? that was what i had in mind. if that isn`t possible than perhaps a patch should be written for rpm so that it doesn`t check for versions anymore.. it just installs nomather what you put in (version wise) and let my dep checker do all the version stuff. also i didn`t have the idea to let rpm be the package manager.. just to install rpm`s, remove rpm`s and get info about rpm`s. my repo checker will do all the math work. to put it simple.. rpm has to do this: - install rpms - remove rpms - don`t ask questions and just DO what i tell it to do - maintain the rpmdb - get info about a rpm (if needed) The dep checker needs to do: - read the rpmdb to see what rpm`s are installed - generate a list of new rpm`s that have to be installed (lets say for when you want to install kdebase) - send the install commands to rpm (which in turn adds the info to the database and installs the rpm) done? this should be about it right? </div> <div>2007/4/10, Matthew Miller <<a href="mailto:mattdm@mattdm.org">mattdm@mattdm.org</a>>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:01:53PM +0200, Mark wrote: > the result on my php (5.2.1) is: "see, 5.00504 is smaller than 5.6 like i > said" and "see, they 1.1 is not equal to 1.01" > those are the facts that are gonna be used in the dep checker. though i will Let me step back a bit. What are you trying to accomplish with this dep checker? -- Matthew Miller <a href="mailto:mattdm@mattdm.org">mattdm@mattdm.org</a> <<a href="http://mattdm.org/"> http://mattdm.org/</a>> Boston University Linux ------> <<a href="http://linux.bu.edu/">http://linux.bu.edu/</a>> -- fedora-devel-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-devel-list@redhat.com"> fedora-devel-list@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list</a> </blockquote></div>