>> Lamar Owen writes:
>>
>> > One quick note -- since 'R' < 'b', the RC RPM's must be forced to
>> > install with --oldpackage, as RPM does a simple strcmp of version
>> > numbers -- 7.1RC3 < 7.1beta1, for instance.  Just force it with
>> > --oldpackage if you have a 7.1beta RPM already installed.

Couldn't this be fixed (in future releases)  with rcX and BetaX?  I believe
r > B.

len morgan


Wed, 11 Apr 2001 17:08:56 -0500
"Len Morgan" <len-morgan@crcom.net>
Re: RPM upgrade caveats going from a beta version to RC
"Len Morgan" wrote:
  >>> Lamar Owen writes:
  >>>
  >>> > One quick note -- since 'R' < 'b', the RC RPM's must be forced to
  >>> > install with --oldpackage, as RPM does a simple strcmp of version
  >>> > numbers -- 7.1RC3 < 7.1beta1, for instance.  Just force it with
  >>> > --oldpackage if you have a 7.1beta RPM already installed.
  >
  >Couldn't this be fixed (in future releases)  with rcX and BetaX?  I believe
  >r > B.

or, for that matter, by betaX rcX.  But we have still gone from rc4 to
nothing in the just-released 7.1, which is backward as far as packaging
systems are concerned.

$ dpkg --compare-versions 7.1 gt 7.1rc4 || echo BSD style does not work!
BSD style does not work!


Marc, _please_ make the next release greater than its betas!

As far as Debian is concerned, 7.1 will be known as 7.1release. Sigh...

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Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:56:22 +0100
"Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>
Re: RPM upgrade caveats going from a beta version to RC 