Package names - Just Wondering

[Markku Kolkka]

Steven Stern kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika perjantai, 26. 
kesäkuuta 2009):
> Updating       : 1:cpuspeed-1.5-9.fc11.i586
>
> Why are some packages named like that?  Is the "1:"
> meaningful?

It's the epoch number, and it's the most significant part of the 
package version number. I.e. a package with 
epoch:version-release of 2:0.0.0-1 is considered newer than 
1:999.999.999-9. Epoch 0 isn't displayed, that's why only some 
packages (with epoch >=1) show those numbers.

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 Markku Kolkka
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