On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:19:39 -0430 Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Was my meaning too hard to understand? The previous poster is > replying to my comment about using fedup followed by yum update. > It's entirely logical to ask what he means by "safer". apologies was in bed. > > I'm still wondering what "nvr" means. > > poc > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/RPM_Guide/ch09s03.html Naming the Package The most important part of the package description is the NVR, or Name-Version-Release information, because this information is so crucial for the RPM system to compare versions and track dependencies. Which means that Fedora N (17) can have a greater version, that Fedora N+1 (i8) . yum update gets caught as it will keep the higher version (the wrong one) But yum distro-sync will clean up those accidental fubars. -- Regards, Frank "Byte my kernel" --me . -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
