[Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk lists Ubuntu-packages where epoch is set as Extra Packages

Milan Zazrivec mzazrivec at redhat.com
Tue Sep 24 12:08:38 UTC 2013


> Hello,
> 
> we're trying to use Spacewalk to manage our Ubuntu-based servers.
> Everything is fine and works as expected, except one thing:
> 
> When a package has a version that contains an epoch, Spacewalk lists
> that package under "Extra Packages" and it is impossible to rollout
> updates for it.
> 
> Has anyone had the same problem and maybe a solution that won't require
> me to recompile the whole thing?

Both problems mentioned (extra packages & not able to install update) are
bugs in Spacewalk worth filing a report. Unfortunately, I don't see any
immediate solution to this problem.

-MZ




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