| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: RPM upgrade caveats going from a beta version to RC |
| Date: | 2001-04-08 10:21:23 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0104081220270.1236-100000@peter.localdomain |
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The Hermit Hacker writes:
> 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? :)
How about 7.2rc1, which is greater than 7.2beta1.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/
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