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

The Hermit Hacker writes:

> 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? :)

How about 7.2rc1, which is greater than 7.2beta1.

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