On 6/30/05 11:53 AM, Joshua Weage wrote:
> I've produced a custom rpm for kdevelop 3.0.1. However, yum
> reinstalls the original CentOS rpm when I do 'yum update'.
>
> Yum shows the following for kdevelop:
>
>
>> yum list kdevelop
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> kdevelop i386 8:2.1.5-12.1 base
>
> Looking in Installed Packages: Name
> Arch Version Repo
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> kdevelop i386 3.0.1-1
> db
>
> If I then to a "yum update", it will prompt me to install 2.1.5 over
> the top of 3.0.1, as it is reporting the version as "8:2.1.5-12.1".
>
> The header for kdevelop is named: kdevelop-8-2.1.5-12.1.i386.hdr
>
> Can anyone tell me why the header for kdevelop has a leading 8 rather
> than 0?
Welcome to the wacky world of Epochs. If you do a normal package query,
you'll get information about version and release numbers:
$ rpm -q kdevelop
kdevelop-2.1.5-6
What you don't ordinary see is the epoch number:
$ rpm -q --qf '%{name} %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}\n' kdevelop
kdevelop 8:2.1.5-6
What you need to do is define an "Epoch:" header in your spec file
that's as large as that of the package you're replacing (in this case, "8").
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