On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 07:01:38PM -0300, Luis A. Florit wrote: > pilot-link.i386 1:0.12.0-0.pre4.5.2.1 core-freshrpms > pilot-link.i386 2:0.11.8-12.4.fc5 updates-freshrpm > pilot-link.i386 1:0.12.0-0.pre4.5.2.1 installed > > Why does this happen? I think it has to do with the "2:" in > front of the version number, and have no idea why YUM puts this > in front! Correct. That's the package "epoch", which is like a super-version number. It outranks all other version components. This is not a yum bug. Yum is doing exactly what it should. You can take this up with your packagers if you like, but yum is acting properly. -Michael -- Michael D. Stenner mstenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ECE Department and Optical Sciences Center 520-626-1619 University of Arizona ECE 524G
