Re: RPM version numbering

On Monday 11 November 2002 15:09, John Berninger wrote:
> Just a hunch, but do me a favor and run the following command on each of
> those packages:
>
>         rpm -qp --queryformat "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{EPOCH}\n" <filename>
for the _pre3-10:
perl-Chart-0.99c_pre3-(none)

for the .pre3-1
perl-Chart-0.99c.pre3-(none)

This is as expected. I've seen epoch trouble before, and current is respecting 
that.

I forgot. I've current-1.4.2 on a 7.2 server which I build myself from the 
src.rpm

> > I just found a minor rpm version numbering problem in the RedHat 7.1
> > powertools set of RPM's.
> >
> > In the power tools itselve is a RPM named:
> > perl-Chart-0.99c_pre3-10.i386.rpm
> > While in the updates there is a:
> > perl-Chart-0.99c.pre3-1.i386.rpm
> >
> > The second RPM is newer, but current thinks that the first is the one
> > that should be distributed.
> > It is not really a big deal for me, but I just wanted to let you know.