FYI, after just running a check-update I discovered that the rpmdevtools package is included with RHEL6 packages - no need for EPEL.
-----Original Message----- From: Akemi Yagi [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 9:29 AM To: Collins, Kevin [BEELINE] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [rhelv6-list] rebuilt package not showing selected for update On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Collins, Kevin [BEELINE] <[email protected]> wrote: > I may just have to change my strategy. Your sub-point release idea is > probably the next best answer. > If anyone else knows more about how the packages are selected or identified > for update, I would appreciate it. yum/rpm will find the latest version and install it. You can tell which version is newer by running the rpmdev-vercmp script. It is part of the rpmdevtools package (available from EPEL for el5, should work under el6). For example: $ rpmdev-vercmp xyzzy-2.1-1.el5 xyzzy-2.1-1.el5.custom 0:xyzzy-2.1-1.el5.custom is newer Your .custom version is newer than the distro one. $ rpmdev-vercmp xyzzy-2.1-2.el5 xyzzy-2.1-1.el5.custom 0:xyzzy-2.1-2.el5 is newer The distro has been updated, now it is newer. Akemi _______________________________________________ rhelv6-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv6-list
