RE: 0.99 vs redhat

rpm-python-4.0.2-8

I am able to reproduce it:
	Make the package directory
	Move in the most recent (php-3.0.18-8) packages
	[cadmin create <- shouldn't be necessary, but I did do it]
	Move in the old (php-3.0.18-1.6.x) packages
	cadmin create

Yields:
Mar 03 10:25:22 Adding php-3.0.18-8.i386.rpm
Mar 03 10:25:22 Adding php-imap-3.0.18-8.i386.rpm
Mar 03 10:25:22 Adding php-ldap-3.0.18-8.i386.rpm
Mar 03 10:25:22 Adding php-manual-3.0.18-8.i386.rpm
Mar 03 10:25:23 Adding php-pgsql-3.0.18-8.i386.rpm
Mar 03 10:25:23 Adding php-3.0.18-1.6.x.i386.rpm
Mar 03 10:25:23   type(hit) = <type 'string'>
Mar 03 10:25:23 hit = php:3.0.18:8:
Mar 03 10:25:23 Comparing packages: php-3.0.18-1.6.x and php-3.0.18-8
Mar 03 10:25:23 Removing php-3.0.18-8.i386.rpm
Mar 03 10:25:23 Older package deleted from db.
Mar 03 10:25:23 Adding php-imap-3.0.18-1.6.x.i386.rpm
Mar 03 10:25:23   type(hit) = <type 'string'>
Mar 03 10:25:23 hit = php-imap:3.0.18:8:
Mar 03 10:25:23 Comparing packages: php-imap-3.0.18-1.6.x and
php-imap-3.0.18-8
Mar 03 10:25:23 Removing php-imap-3.0.18-8.i386.rpm
Mar 03 10:25:23 Older package deleted from db.
Mar 03 10:25:23 Adding php-ldap-3.0.18-1.6.x.i386.rpm
Mar 03 10:25:23   type(hit) = <type 'string'>
Mar 03 10:25:23 hit = php-ldap:3.0.18:8:
Mar 03 10:25:23 Comparing packages: php-ldap-3.0.18-1.6.x and
php-ldap-3.0.18-8
Mar 03 10:25:23 Removing php-ldap-3.0.18-8.i386.rpm
Mar 03 10:25:23 Older package deleted from db.
Mar 03 10:25:23 Adding php-manual-3.0.18-1.6.x.i386.rpm
Mar 03 10:25:23   type(hit) = <type 'string'>
Mar 03 10:25:23 hit = php-manual:3.0.18:8:
Mar 03 10:25:23 Comparing packages: php-manual-3.0.18-1.6.x and
php-manual-3.0.18-8
Mar 03 10:25:23 Removing php-manual-3.0.18-8.i386.rpm
Mar 03 10:25:23 Older package deleted from db.
Mar 03 10:25:24 Adding php-pgsql-3.0.18-1.6.x.i386.rpm
Mar 03 10:25:24   type(hit) = <type 'string'>
Mar 03 10:25:24 hit = php-pgsql:3.0.18:8:
Mar 03 10:25:24 Comparing packages: php-pgsql-3.0.18-1.6.x and
php-pgsql-3.0.18-8
Mar 03 10:25:24 Removing php-pgsql-3.0.18-8.i386.rpm
Mar 03 10:25:24 Older package deleted from db.


This does NOT happen if you add in the old (-1.6.x) packages to the
directory first (or both at the same time using 'mv php-* i386/.'),
suggesting that the label comparison isn't really working and that the
directory listings are really providing the ordering?
								-Rob


> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Berninger [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 10:07 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Rob Hagopian
> Subject: Re: [Current-server] 0.99 vs redhat
> 
> 
> Rob -
> 
>         I've just tested the compare you indicated, and I'm getting a
> different result.  The compare is issuing: 
>         rpm.labelCompare( ('', '3.0.18', '1.6.x'), ('', 
> '3.0.18', '8'))
> which should result in a -1, and which should then exit the 
> routine and
> go on to the next RPM.  When I manually issue this compare, I 
> do indeed
> get a -1:
> 
> >>> rpm.labelCompare( ('', '3.0.18', '1.6.x'), ('', '3.0.18', '8'))
> -1
> 
> What version of the rpm-python package are you using?
> 
> On Fri, 08 Mar 2002, Rob Hagopian wrote:
> 
> > Yes, that was from the 6.2 tree (hence the question about 
> rpm v3 perhaps
> > being different)...
> > 
> > Server is RH 7.2, running current 0.99, clients are 6.2, 
> 7.0, 7.1, and
> > 7.2...
> > 								-Rob
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Berninger [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 9:24 AM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re: [Current-server] 0.99 vs redhat
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Rob -
> > > 
> > >         I'm trying to confirm this is a bug in the 
> rpm.labelCompare()
> > > function / code, but in my 7.2 tree I see only php 4.x 
> packages.  What
> > > release level are you attempting to server with Current?  
> Also, what
> > > release level is your Current server (Red Hat version, not Current
> > > version)?
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 07 Mar 2002, Rob Hagopian wrote:
> > > 
> > > > inlined too...
> > > > 
> > > > >         Eww.  This is not good - the code used to compare 
> > > the package
> > > > > ages is take directly from the Python RPM bindings - we 
> > > actually make a
> > > > > call to rpm.labelCompare() which is implemented inside 
> > > the rpm-python
> > > > > shared library.  I'll check Red Hat's bugzilla and if 
> > > encessary submit a
> > > > > bug about this.  I don't think we can do much, since we 
> > > don't want to be
> > > > > in the business of comparing RPM ages...  that gets ugly 
> > > real quick.
> > > > 
> > > > Of course not... strangely enough it did correctly figure 
> > > out the other
> > > > associated php packages (kicking out -1.6.x in favor of 
> > > -8)... could this be
> > > > related to the fact that these are redhat 6.2 packages (rpm v3)?
> > > > 
> > > > >         This is definitely somewhere in the Current code 
> > > - I'll try to
> > > > > take a look at it tonight / tomorrow / this weekend.  I'm 
> > > not /too/
> > > > > surprised at this, but having it warn me about 
> symlink issues on
> > > > > different archs doesn't really seem quite right.  :)
> > > > 
> > > > And I wasn't too concerned about it (I've gotten real used 
> > > to spurious
> > > > warnings with gcc :-) ), but I did clean up the tree rather 
> > > than gamble, so
> > > > I can't tell you if it actually did the-right-thing(tm)...
> > > > 
> > > > >         Except for the PHP thing above, you really shouldn't 
> > > > > have to do that anymore - or, at least, we'd hoped so...
> > > > 
> > > > As long as v1.0 is perfect ;-)
> > > > 							
> 	-Rob
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