Pirut listing output prepends digit :

[Sam Varshavchik]

vs writes:

> Hi list,
> 
> When looking at the output of pirut in the GUI, I see packages listed as 1:x11-rest-of-name or 30:bind-rest-of-name. What does the digit that precedes the name of the package mean?

The package's epoch version. Look it up.

Executive summary: it's an ugly hack meant to be a workaround for certain 
rpm limitations, that will, unfortunately, be with us until our sun 
explodes. And maybe a bit longer than that.


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