Re: question about epoch

[Michael Honeyfield <mhoneyfield xtra co nz>]

On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 09:12, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 09:11:47AM +1300, Michael Honeyfield wrote:
> > > > foo = 12:1.0-17
> > > > foo = 0:2.0-1
> > > Zero is before 12. So, stuck forever.
> > so with and increased version number the damage inflicted by epochs has
> > to stay? Just making sure I understand.
> 
> Yeah. Because otherwise, how would RPM know that epoch-less package X was
> supposed to be before or after the epoch'd ones?

hrmm.. I thought it still worked on a version number basis too. Thats
cool.. I just want to be sure I understand this :) 

So package foo = 12:1.0-10 will install over foo = 1:2.0-1 ? 

Sorry if I am coming across a pain, but epochs doesn't seem to be
documented anywhere.

Mike
 
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