Re: DAG repository revisited: problems with versions?

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From: "Michael Schwendt" <ms-nospam-0306@xxxxxxxx>
> On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:31:05 -0600, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > I updated my /etc/yum.conf file to include the DAG repository, as I
wanted
> > to install amavis via yum instead of from source.  I've included the
> > yum.conf below.  The problem is that now when I do a yum update, yum
wants
> > to replace several of my rpms with what look like older versions.
>
> Could you give specific examples other than these invalid ones?
>
> > [benjamin@www benjamin]$ rpm -q dovecot
> > dovecot-0.99.10-6
> > [benjamin@www benjamin]$ rpm -q spamassassin
> > spamassassin-2.60-2
>
> > [update: dovecot 0.99.10.4-0.rhfc1.dag.i386]
> > [update: spamassassin 2.62-0.rhfc1.dag.i386]
>
> dovecot: 0.99.10.4 is greater than 0.99.10
> spamassassin: 2.26 is greater than 2.60
>
> And where the epoch is listed (e.g. Mozilla packages), compared with the
> epoch of the currently installed packages:
>
>   rpm --query --qf "%{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}\n" package
>
> Higher epoch wins regardless of version-release.

*sigh*  Sorry about that, I saw 10-6 and for some reason thought that it was
higher than 10.4.  Guess I need to go back through the archives and find
that thread about how the packages are numbered and read it again.

I guess I need to get a good night's sleep, drink some coffee, and improve
my output signal-to-noise ratio!

Ben Weiss




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