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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