Re: Feature request: remove skip list before check for latest version

Thanks for the pointer!

This any many other things in GRAB have now been fixed. You were right in
your assumption about the order of skippage evaluation. I had it after the
Valgor, which caused the alpha package to first be determined as newer, then
it was skipped.

I changed the skipping algor to be during package consolidation before any
package versions are evaluated. I also rewrote the function so it handles
regex better.

A while back I think it was Jeff that asked for a mechanism that will skip
alpha, pre\n, and rc\n packages. I did not see it until now, but the skip list
will do that. I even include that in the default config file now (pre and rc).

Here is the full changelog:

#  v2.3     Added recursive FTP directory checking. Skipps non-.rpm's on
#     remote dependency building. Fixed skip list so it is smarter about when
#     to decide what to skip (thanks Staf). Modified when the rpmopts are used
#     with RPM. Fixed some dependency building to be a bit smarter and the
#     bad_deps hash (was broke when I rewrote the dependency functions.

I will be releasing in the next few days unless someone tells me something is
broken.

Greg

On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 08:24:19PM +0100, Staf Verhaegen wrote:
> 
> > I will take a look into this. Can you send me the revelant line in your
> > /etc/grab/servers file?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Greg
> > 
> 
> I use a local mirror:
> server ftp.skynet.be /pub/ftp.samba.org/bin-pkgs/RedHat/RPMS/i386/7.3/ SAMBA@EASYNET
> 
> but you probably can find a better mirror on the samba home page:
> http://www.samba.org
> 
> greets,
> Staf.
> 
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