Re: Any way to set Epoch via the rpmbuild cmd line ?

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On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 12:54 +0200, Enrique Perez-Terron wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 04:14, richard offer wrote:
> > I've tried the obvious ways, and even gone as far as looking in the
> > code, but I can't seem to set the epoch on the rpmbuild cmd line.
> > 
> > Am I missing something, or is it assumed that setting Epoch is rare
> > that it shouldn't be too easy ?
> 
> My guess is that you should set it in the spec file. Browse max_rpm:

Indeed, you wouldn't normally set version or release on the command
line.


> http://www.redhat.com/docs/books/max-rpm/max-rpm-html/index.html
> 
> I must say I could not find it there myself, but I still have a feeling
> you should try putting a tag near the "Version: 123" line, with 
> "Epoch: 1". If I recall correctly, the tag names are case insensitive.

http://rpm.org/max-rpm-snapshot/s1-rpm-inside-tags.html#S3-RPM-INSIDE-
EPOCH-TAG

Paul

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