On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 07:26:13 -0500, Steven Stern <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote: > I noticed this in yum today: > > Updating : 1:cpuspeed-1.5-9.fc11.i586 > > Why are some packages named like that? Is the "1:" meaningful? It is the epoch. It is higher priority than the version when comparing packages for possible updating.