On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 18:28 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 06:12:08PM -0400, David Cary Hart wrote:
> > > > "package postfix-2.2.4-1.FC4 (which is newer than
> > > > postfix-2.2.5-3.FC4) is already installed"
> > > Try this:
> > > rpm -q --qf '%{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}\n' postfix
> > > rpm -qp --qf '%{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}\n' postfix-2.2.5-3.FC4*.rpm
> > What does that do? I cannot follow the commands.
>
> Try it and see. It'll print out the epoch:version-release of the package. My
> guess is that the apparently-newer package actually has a lower epoch.
>
Yes. I did. It did. In deference to Boston, I'll say "Yankees suck" at
least twice as I watch tonight's game.
Thanks!
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