On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:35:25 +0200, Jos Vos wrote: > In RHEL5 (probably also in Fedora), pidgin obsoletes "gaim < 999:1" > (epoch 999 !!!). If someone can explain me why this is better than > just obsoleting "gaim", please tell me. IMHO, this only makes sense > if a "gaim >= 999:1" might ever exist. I don't think so :-). Versioned Obsoletes are superior, because they occupy only a specific EVR range of a package namespace. For your example of "gaim < 999:1", you can reintroduce a package with the name "gaim" (suppose it's a different piece of software) by giving it an EVR higher than 999:1. On the contrary, the unversioned "Obsoletes: gaim" blocks re-entry of a package with the name "gaim", regardless of its EVR. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
