Rpmbuild Precedence Problem

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Do, den 21.07.2005 schrieb David Cary Hart um 0:12:

> > >         "package postfix-2.2.4-1.FC4 (which is newer than
> > >         postfix-2.2.5-3.FC4) is already installed"

> > Try this: 
> > 
> > rpm -q --qf '%{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}\n' postfix

query the rpm_db for package name postfix with query format "epoch:
version - release"

> > rpm -qp --qf '%{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}\n' postfix-2.2.5-3.FC4*.rpm

query the postfix rpm from file with query format "epoch: version -
release"

> What does that do? I cannot follow the commands.

The sense is to see whether postfix-2.2.4-1.FC4 has a higher epoch set
than postfix-2.2.5-3.FC4 - which is to be expected and the cause of
above message which you got.

Alexander


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