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

[Peter Eisentraut]

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.

Btw., are you aware of the 'serial' tag to override the version guessing
mechanism?

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Peter Eisentraut      [EMAIL PROTECTED]       http://yi.org/peter-e/


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