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

[Collins, Kevin [BEELINE]]

So, are you saying that this tool is only comparing the strings and not
looking at any packages? After a bit of playing, that would seem to be
the case... which at least lets me test for what I think is a "smart"
way to name my rebuild packages.

Thanks,

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: Akemi Yagi [mailto:amyagi at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 11:26 AM
To: Collins, Kevin [BEELINE]
Cc: rhelv6-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: [rhelv6-list] rebuilt package not showing selected for
update

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