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

[Francis Swasey]

I believe you will have better luck if you replace the dot's with 
underscores -- as

2%{dist}_chevron or 2%{dist}_chevron_1

As the dot's are used to delineate (or have been in RHEL4 and RHEL5 
package names) where rpm should stop looking when doing which is newer 
comparisons.

Frank

On 12/10/2010 3:36 PM, Collins, Kevin [BEELINE] wrote:
> Brian,
>
> 	I agree that epoch is not something I want to use. Do you think
> it makes more sense to do "2%{dist}.chevron" or "2%{dist}.chevron.1"?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rhelv6-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Brian Long
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 12:18 PM
> To: rhelv6-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [rhelv6-list] rebuilt package not showing selected for
> update
>
> On 12/10/10 3:12 PM, Collins, Kevin [BEELINE] wrote:
>> Thanks - it looks like the rpmdev-vercmp command will allow me to
> check
>> the sorting.
>
> Kevin, as soon as you add Epoch to the mix, you can forget updating to a
> Red Hat-built package if that package does not have an Epoch.  Once you
> set the Epoch, you cannot update to an RPM without an Epoch without
> removing the RPM and re-installing the one without an Epoch.
>
> I would suggest using the other method of 2%{dist}.chevron.1 or
> 2.0.1%{dist}.  Red Hat does not version RPMs with two dots, so as long
> as they release 2.1%{dist} or 3%{dist}, your RPM would be updated to the
> Red Hat version.
>
> /Brian/
>
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