[CentOS-devel] Out of date qemu-kvm-ev packages (bug preventing it from being updated?)

[Peter]

On 12/11/16 10:02, Mohammed Naser wrote:
> It seems that the latest released version of qemu-kvm-ev is
> qemu-kvm-ev-2.3.0-31.el7_2.21.1 based on the following:
> 
> https://cbs.centos.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=539
> 
> However, our systems are refusing to update to that package because
> qemu-kvm-ev-2.3.0-31.el7.16.1 is installed.  I believe the 16.1 is
> making it seem that it is newer than 2.21.1 (16 > 2).  As a result,
> we're unable to update and it seems that the latest package covers 2
> CVE's, to which this one doesn't.

No, it sorts properly:
$ printf '%s\n' 2.3.0-31.el7_2.21.1 2.3.0-31.el7.16.1 | sort -V
2.3.0-31.el7.16.1
2.3.0-31.el7_2.21.1

> Is this something that was done on purpose to control releases or is this a bug?

Neither, you likely do not have centos-release-qemu-ev installed, have
disabled the repo or are using an out of date mirror.


Peter