Re: RPM upgrade caveats going from a beta version to RC - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From The Hermit Hacker
Subject Re: RPM upgrade caveats going from a beta version to RC
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Msg-id Pine.BSF.4.33.0104080307230.81918-100000@mobile.hub.org
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In response to RPM upgrade caveats going from a beta version to RC  (Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>)
Responses Re: RPM upgrade caveats going from a beta version to RC  ("Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>)
Re: RPM upgrade caveats going from a beta version to RC  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Lamar Owen wrote:

> One quick note -- since 'R' < 'b', the RC RPM's must be forced to
> install with --oldpackage, as RPM does a simple strcmp of version
> numbers -- 7.1RC3 < 7.1beta1, for instance.  Just force it with
> --oldpackage if you have a 7.1beta RPM already installed.

Huh?  I always thought that ASCII R was greater then b ... *confused*  in
the future, would it help to have 7.2Beta?  Or am I missing something? :)




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