Package EVR problems in FC+FE 2007-03-22

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:22:15 +0100, Axel Thimm wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:23:34AM +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:34:02 -0400 (EDT), buildsys wrote:
> > 
> > > limb AT jcomserv.net:
> > >     ettercap
> > >       FE5 > FE6 (0:0.7.3-13.3.fc5 > 0:0.7.3-12.fc6)
> > >       FE5 > FE7 (0:0.7.3-13.3.fc5 > 0:0.7.3-12.fc7)
> > >     
> > >     gnubg
> > >       FE5 > FE7 (0:20061119-8.fc5.2 > 0:20061119-7.fc7)
> > >       FE6 > FE7 (0:20061119-8.fc6 > 0:20061119-7.fc7)
> > >     
> > >     xmoto-edit
> > >       FE5 > FE6 (0:0.2.4-6.1.fc5 > 0:0.2.4-6.fc6)
> > >       FE5 > FE7 (0:0.2.4-6.1.fc5 > 0:0.2.4-6.fc7)
> > >     
> > > miker5slow AT grandecom.net:
> > >     etherape
> > >       FE5 > FE6 (0:0.9.7-4.1.fc5 > 0:0.9.7-4.fc6)
> > >       FE5 > FE7 (0:0.9.7-4.1.fc5 > 0:0.9.7-4.fc7)
> > 
> > The issues with "ettercap", "xmoto-edit" and "etherape" are one of the
> > infamous problems when adding a %dist tag.
> 
> Ehem. All of the above have the same inequality relation if you drop
> the disttag ...

Impossible, because then you cannot tag and build the packages in the way
they have been built above. Only due to the added %disttag, it was
possible to keep the rest of %release equal across multiple branches.