yum question

[Brian Millett]

Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 15:27 -0500, Brian Millett wrote:
> 
>>Ok, what does yum check?  It is comparing that mod_ssl.1:2.0.54-10 is
>>greater than mod_ssl.2.1.6-1 ?
>>
>>Is this a bug? a feature?
> 
> 
> mod_ssl 2.0.54-10 has an epoch of 1, hence the 1:.  It is entirely
> possible that mod_ssl 2.1.6-1 has no explicit epoch, and thus is 0:.
> The fun w/ epochs is that epoch always wins version checking.  1:2.4 is
> always going to be higher than even say 0:9.3.  This is why yum things
> that mod_ssl needs to be upgraded.  Check your newer mod_ssl and see if
> it has an epoch set.
> 

Cool.  Thanks!  It is a feature.  I need to go fix the spec to have an
epoch then.  Is there a place to see what conventions fedora needs for
specs to build correct rpms?

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