On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 11:18:42AM -0800, Frank Cusack wrote: > But it is necessary. I maintain local versions of vendor rpms (because > so much code is broken). The only way that I can prevent a future > vendor rpm version from updating my version, sanely, is to use Epoch. > > It is *meant* to override standard versioning practices. Well, you (only) confirm that epoch solves a problem. But what was discussed is whether one can think of better solutions for the same problem. -- -- 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
