TeXLive is in rawhide

Michael Schwendt mschwendt.tmp0701.nospam at arcor.de
Wed Dec 5 12:51:44 UTC 2007


On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:47:12 +0100, Till Maas wrote:

> On Di Dezember 4 2007, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> 
> > If no specific release is asked for, it is not necessary anymore to
> > compare a package's %release value. Just as in
> >
> > Requires: foo = 3.0
> >
> > where your counter-example from below cannot be applied either, since
> > the "equal than" comparison works differently. Any release will match,
> > but you cannot "rpmdev-vercmp 3.0-1 3.0" to prove it.
> 
> Is 
> 
> Requires: foo > 3.0
> 
> satisfied with foo-3.0-1 or only with every version of foo that is higher than 
> 3.0, e.g. foo-3.1-1?

It means that %version must be higher than "3.0". %release does not
matter, because it is not specified in the Requires.

3.1-1 is not a version, it is a version-release tuple, and
3.1 > 3.0 already.




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