On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 05:48:42PM +0200, Mariusz Mazur wrote: > Was there a reason why epoch (which is the most important part of the whole > version tag) was never included in rpm file names? Because epoch was added later? Because this would look confusing? The RPM header is leading, the filename is just a visual help for humans. > And while I'm at it - can you think of any bad side-effects of using epoch to > differentate between major versions of a linux distro? I can't stop thinking It's just not meant for that and it would be an abuse of the epoch feature. > that it's a bad idea, but can't think of a reason why (it would make > upgrading from version to version of a distro a lot easier). I really don't see why that would make upgrading easier. -- -- Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
