[Novalug] RPM newer or not newer? Custom RPMs / spec files and version math

[RJ Bergeron]

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 23:19, Nick Danger <nick at hackermonkey.com> wrote:

> Waaazzzuh? How is 9.4.2p1 > 9.4.3? I think when I renamed the packages
> at the top I did something wrong. Anyone know exactly how the math works
> when declaring versions in spec files? I put off the upgrade for now.

Possibly you have an Epoch tag in your old RPM file?

You can check this via rpm -q bind --qf '%{epoch}' on the production
server, and comparing it with rpm -qp /path/to/bind --qf '%{epoch}'.

RJ