[email protected] wrote on 12/10/2010 10:15:16 AM:
> > On Thursday, December 09, 2010 06:08:15 pm Collins, Kevin [BEELINE] wrote: > > For some reason I can't figure out, this is not working in RHEL6... I > > was able to rebuild it fine, but after putting everything in place, 'yum > > check-update' does not see it. > > 'EPOCH' is the nuclear sledgehammer in the RPM version scheme. As > ugly as a solution using EPOCH to force newest version is, it works. > And it has been used before, by Red Hat even, over the years. > and it is a sledge hammer. I've had instances where we were unable to update to newer packages because we put out a single package with an epoch, and the newer package didn't have one. Not sure if that was a bug or intended, nor if it is the same on RHEL 6, but it is something to watch for. _______________________________________________ rhelv6-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv6-list
