On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:49:53 -0500, JMF (Justin) wrote: > On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 13:37 +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > Below are two packages. The first one is installed, the second one is > > built for Koji. Yum refuses to upgrade the installed package to the > > second one, saying: > > > > Examining qemu-0.15.0-0.2.2011072859fadcc.fc17.x86_64.rpm: 2:qemu-0.15.0-0.2.2011072859fadcc.fc17.x86_64 > > qemu-0.15.0-0.2.2011072859fadcc.fc17.x86_64.rpm: does not update installed package. > > > > But I don't understand why, since it seems clear that the second > > package has a higher release than the first package. > > > > In any case, this appears to be a bug in the versioning of these > > packages, since the "0.2" part of the release string should have been > > changed to "0.3" when it was built. > > > Indeed it should, though like you, I am not sure why. with the date > change, the release is higher and should be a clear update. When I > tried to submit the update to bodhi, I got the same thing. Though I am > doing another update today. RPM version comparison is not hexadecimal. You need to split the value into numerical and non-numerical parts: // full value # rpmdev-vercmp 20110718525e3df 2011072859fadcc 20110718525e3df > 2011072859fadcc that's the one you wondered about // just the numerical/decimal prefix, longer one wins # rpmdev-vercmp 2011072859 20110718525 2011072859 < 20110718525 // just the decimal prefix, longer one truncated, hence it loses already # rpmdev-vercmp 2011072859 2011071852 2011072859 > 2011071852 -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
