Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano schrieb:
[...] AFAIK repotags have not caused technical problems when used, they _have_ been useful, and they work now.
repotags are part of the release and as such they influence the version-comparison when rpm determinates which rpm package is the newest. Some people call that a "technical problem".
In other words: the repo with the "highest" repotag wins:
[thl@notebook ~]$ rpmdev-vercmp 0 1.1 5 0 1.1 5.at 0:1.1-5.at is newer [thl@notebook ~]$ rpmdev-vercmp 0 1.1 5.at 0 1.1 5.epel 0:1.1-5.epel is newer [thl@notebook ~]$ rpmdev-vercmp 0 1.1 5.epel 0 1.1 5.rf 0:1.1-5.rf is newer [thl@notebook ~]$ rpmdev-vercmp 0 1.1 5.rf 0 1.1 5.zzzzzzzzzz 0:1.1-5.zzzzzzzzzz is newer
That doesn't fly with me. Compare that with the repotag-less situation of each repo providing packages with *identical* EVR's. Which is worse?
-- Rex