version/release identification for packages

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

Gene C. wrote:

>  There seems to be this desire to put oddball version/release
>  identifiers for packages. First, in FC2-T1 there was util-linux
>  2.12pre-3 being updated with 2.12-4 but rpm and up2date consider the
>  older package to be newer. Now, for FC1 the recent update for
>  tcpdump has 3.7.2-7.1 being updated by 3/7/2-7.fc1.1 but (again) the
>  older packages is considered newer (and the same is true for libpcap
>  0.7.2-7.1 being updated by 0.7.2-7.fc1.1).
>
>  For folks just letting up2date figure out what needs to be updated,
>  this is a major problem. Please stop doing this.


i found the thread i was looking for
"alpha vs numeric"
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-list/2003-November/msg00192.html

asymmetric triggering bug ??

3.7.2-7.fc1.1  <  3.7.2-7.1
        f      <          1