holding a package

[Reindl Harald]

Am 20.01.2013 19:17, schrieb Frank McCormick:
> On 01/20/2013 09:36 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>
>>
>> Am 20.01.2013 15:31, schrieb Frank McCormick:
>>>
>>> I have compiled from source GThumb, as Fedoras package wouldn't run on my machine. My compiled version is fine. I
>>> am now concerned Yum will replace my version with Fedoras the next time GThumb is updated.
>>> Is there a way to put GThumb on hold using Yum?
>>
>> google for rpmbuild and "Epoch"
> 
> 
> Wow, after reading for 2 minutes my head was swimming...and close to drowning :)

there is nothing to swim and drown

the package below wins even if version and release are
higher in the fedora package because the epoch is higher

Name:              postfix
Summary:           Postfix Mail Transport Agent
Version:           2.10
Release:           3%{?dist}
Epoch:             3


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