| From: | Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> |
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| To: | Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: RPM upgrade caveats going from a beta version to RC |
| Date: | 2001-04-11 21:01:46 |
| Message-ID: | 3AD4C63A.AC30BAAA@wgcr.org |
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Oliver Elphick wrote:
> Lamar Owen wrote:
> >as the Debian packages have the same issue -- and I don't know if .deb
> >has an analog to Serial:.
> We have epochs, that is, the package version is preceded by an integer
> and a colon, which overrides every other part of the version and release
> number. However, if I ever use an epoch, I will be stuck with epochs for ever;
> so I don't want to start.
RPM also has the epoch mechanism -- and it sounds just like what you
have just described. Not something I want to start using, either. It's
more like a 'super-major' version number than the RPM serial mechanism,
which works in a more broken fashion.
--
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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