Epoch?

[Michael Honeyfield <mhoneyfield xtra co nz>]

Hi there all,

   I am just tring to find out what Epoch is meant to represent in a 
spec file. I have checked max-rpm and the mandrake rpm howto but they 
dont seem to touch on this entry. Could someone kindly clear up for me 
what it is?

Kind Regards

Mike

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It's perfectly fine to use the name of you pet or child as a password.
How ever, for the sake of security, make sure the names of all your pets 
and children contain several non-alphanumeric characters.