Re: RPM upgrade caveats going from a beta version to RC

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: RPM upgrade caveats going from a beta version to RC
Date: 2001-04-08 06:08:32
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.33.0104080307230.81918-100000@mobile.hub.org
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On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Lamar Owen wrote:

> 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.

Huh? I always thought that ASCII R was greater then b ... *confused* in
the future, would it help to have 7.2Beta? Or am I missing something? :)

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