These are epoch numbers. Rpmdrake shows epoch if defined in package.
Sometimes you may want to see it.
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cooker-owner@linux-
> mandrake.com] On Behalf Of H. Narfi Stefansson
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 5:52 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Cooker] weird version numbers in rpmdrake
>
> Am I the only one that sees version numbers such as
> 3000:2.4.5 when I update my cooker system using rpmdrake?
> I put a screenshot of rpmdrake up at
> http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~narfi/rpmdrake.png
> where the following version numbers are shown:
> cdrecord 3:1.11-0.a15.1mdk
> kdevelop 3:2.0.2-9mdk with version 3:2.0.2-8mdk installed
> kdebase-devel 1:2.2.2-62mdk with version 1:2.2.2-59mdk installed
> kdebase 1.2.2.2-62mdk with version 1:2.2.2-59mdk installed
>
> Of course "rpm -q" on the command line does not report any such odd
> version numbers.
>
> Narfi.
