[rhelv6-list] rebuilt package not showing selected for update

[Akemi Yagi]

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Collins, Kevin [BEELINE]
<KCollins at chevron.com> wrote:
> Ok, but then why is the rpmdev-vercmp saying that my rebuilt package is
> newer? Yet it is still not being treated as newer by yum...
>
> I did the rebuild again, this time changing the "el6" to "el6.custom"
> and now check-update sees the rebuilt package as newer and available for
> update.
>
> My concern is that when Redhat releases "el6_1", my version might still
> be considered newer. Any idea how the "release" is compared?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin

I don't know how else I can explain but will do my best.

$ rpmdev-vercmp 2.1-1.el6 2.1-1.el6.custom
0:2.1-1.el6.custom is newer

$ rpmdev-vercmp 2.1-1.el6_1 2.1-1.el6.custom
0:2.1-1.el6_1 is newer

Akemi