jdow wrote:
> Does anybody other than me think it is a little peculiar that there
> was a listed update for gzip today that has an earlier version number
> than the one from the second?
>
> gzip-1.3.5-7.1.fc5.i386.rpm October 2
> gzip-1.3.5-7.fc5.i386.rpm October 10
>
> Did somebody screw up the version numbering?
> {^_^}
No, they changed the "epoch" in the version string so they could release
a version based on a more stable release (with all the patches they
needed). See the announcement on the Fedora Package Announcements list.
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