On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 09:12, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 09:11:47AM +1300, Michael Honeyfield wrote: > > > > foo = 12:1.0-17 > > > > foo = 0:2.0-1 > > > Zero is before 12. So, stuck forever. > > so with and increased version number the damage inflicted by epochs has > > to stay? Just making sure I understand. > > Yeah. Because otherwise, how would RPM know that epoch-less package X was > supposed to be before or after the epoch'd ones? hrmm.. I thought it still worked on a version number basis too. Thats cool.. I just want to be sure I understand this :) So package foo = 12:1.0-10 will install over foo = 1:2.0-1 ? Sorry if I am coming across a pain, but epochs doesn't seem to be documented anywhere. Mike -- It's perfectly fine to use the name of you pet or child as a password. How ever, for the sake of security, make sure the names of all your pets and children contain several non-alphanumeric characters. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
