version/release identification for packages
shrek-m at gmx.de
shrek-m at gmx.de
Tue Mar 2 23:57:06 UTC 2004
Gene C. wrote:
> There seems to be this desire to put oddball version/release
> identifiers for packages. First, in FC2-T1 there was util-linux
> 2.12pre-3 being updated with 2.12-4 but rpm and up2date consider the
> older package to be newer. Now, for FC1 the recent update for
> tcpdump has 3.7.2-7.1 being updated by 3/7/2-7.fc1.1 but (again) the
> older packages is considered newer (and the same is true for libpcap
> 0.7.2-7.1 being updated by 0.7.2-7.fc1.1).
>
> For folks just letting up2date figure out what needs to be updated,
> this is a major problem. Please stop doing this.
i found the thread i was looking for
"alpha vs numeric"
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-list/2003-November/msg00192.html
asymmetric triggering bug ??
3.7.2-7.fc1.1 < 3.7.2-7.1
f < 1
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