Re: Package names - Just Wondering

2009-07-06 Thread Kevin Kofler
Markku Kolkka wrote: > Steven Stern kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika perjantai, 26. > kesäkuuta 2009): >> Updating : 1:cpuspeed-1.5-9.fc11.i586 >> >> Why are some packages named like that? Is the "1:" >> meaningful? > > It's the epoch number, and it's the most significant part of the > p

Re: Package names - Just Wondering

2009-06-26 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 07:26:13 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: > I noticed this in yum today: > > Updating : 1:cpuspeed-1.5-9.fc11.i586 > > Why are some packages named like that? Is the "1:" meaningful? It is the epoch. It is higher priority than the version when comparing packages for poss

Re: Package names - Just Wondering

2009-06-26 Thread Markku Kolkka
Steven Stern kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika perjantai, 26. kesäkuuta 2009): > Updating : 1:cpuspeed-1.5-9.fc11.i586 > > Why are some packages named like that? Is the "1:" > meaningful? It's the epoch number, and it's the most significant part of the package version number. I.e. a pack

Re: Package names - Just Wondering

2009-06-26 Thread Tom Horsley
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:26:13 -0500 Steven Stern wrote: > I noticed this in yum today: > > Updating : 1:cpuspeed-1.5-9.fc11.i586 > > Why are some packages named like that? Is the "1:" meaningful? I wondered the same thing just the other day :-). https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-lis

Package names - Just Wondering

2009-06-26 Thread Steven Stern
I noticed this in yum today: Updating : 1:cpuspeed-1.5-9.fc11.i586 Why are some packages named like that? Is the "1:" meaningful? -- Steve -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedora