tcpdump and elm questions.

Johnny Strom jonny.strom at netikka.fi
Fri Jan 16 16:25:05 UTC 2004


Jesse Keating wrote:
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> On Friday 16 January 2004 08:08, Jesse Keating wrote:
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>>epoch always wins in a version comparison.  Package-4.2 with epoch 14 is
>>considered newer than Package-8.1 with epoch 13.  For this reason, I do
>>believe you should set the epoch of the newer distro up by one.  Correct
>>me if I'm wrong, but this will ensure that the package gets updated if
>>somebody upgrades from 7.2 to 7.3.  Otherwise, since they have the same
>>name, the package wouldn't get upgraded.  I don't particularly like
>>epoch, but since it's already in use here, might as well take advantage
>>of it.
> 
> 
> Ok, some folks have thwacked me upside the head with a big foam clue bat.  
> Leave epoch alone.  Just bump the build number to indicate a newer 
> package.  Take the existing largest build number for the package, and bump 
> it by one for 7.1, by 2 for 7.2, by 3 for 7.3, etc..
> 
> Does this make sense?


Yes it seems fine.



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