Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > Fernando Lopez-Lezcano schrieb: >> [...] >> AFAIK repotags have not caused technical >> problems when used, they _have_ been useful, and they work now. > > repotags are part of the release and as such they influence the > version-comparison when rpm determinates which rpm package is the > newest. Some people call that a "technical problem". > > In other words: the repo with the "highest" repotag wins: > > [thl@notebook ~]$ rpmdev-vercmp 0 1.1 5 0 1.1 5.at > 0:1.1-5.at is newer > [thl@notebook ~]$ rpmdev-vercmp 0 1.1 5.at 0 1.1 5.epel > 0:1.1-5.epel is newer > [thl@notebook ~]$ rpmdev-vercmp 0 1.1 5.epel 0 1.1 5.rf > 0:1.1-5.rf is newer > [thl@notebook ~]$ rpmdev-vercmp 0 1.1 5.rf 0 1.1 5.zzzzzzzzzz > 0:1.1-5.zzzzzzzzzz is newer That doesn't fly with me. Compare that with the repotag-less situation of each repo providing packages with *identical* EVR's. Which is worse? -- Rex -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
