On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 18:00 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > Not only did this program not do what you incate it does, it seems to > > give me the opposite answer: > > [root@localhost ~]# fedora-rpmvercmp > > Epoch1 :0 > > Version1 :6 > > Release1 :5-7 > > Epoch2 :0 > > Version2 :6 > > Release2 :5-7L > > 0:6-5-7L is newer > > > > How come? > > Because if you have foo-0.6.5-7L.fc7, the epoch is unset (which is the > same as 0 to rpm), the version is 0.6.5, and the release is 7L.fc7. > > $ fedora-rpmvercmp > Epoch1 :0 > Version1 :0.6.5 > Release1 :7L.fc7 > Epoch2 :0 > Version2 :0.6.5 > Release2 :7.fc7 > 0:0.6.5-7.fc7 is newer You are right, as I later figured out. However in the spec file in this case the Epoch is 1 not 0. I am not sure what that signifies. -- ======================================================================= Dear Lord: I just want *___one* one-armed manager so I never have to hear "On the other hand", again. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
