On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 11:40 -0700, Brian Ferguson wrote: > > <sigh> rpm 4.0.4 had a non deterministic version sort for numbers versus > > letters > > > > so you're looking for the newer package > > and you're comparing 0 vs a > > > > in rpm > 4.1.1 it's deterministic - numbers are always newer than > > letters. > > > > in rpm < 4.1.1 it's not fun. > > > > a > 0 > > 0 > a > > > > depending on which one you sort first - ie: > > > > if I ask > > vercmp(a, 0) > > it tells me a is newer > > vercmp(0, a) > > it tells me 0 is newer > > > > see the problem? > > Thanks, I understand. Is there a way to get around this problem? Can I > manually make the correct headers? > remove the old versions. then it will just work -sv
