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

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: RPM upgrade caveats going from a beta version to RC
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.30.0104111943060.1201-100000@peter.localdomain
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In response to RPM upgrade caveats going from a beta version to RC  (Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>)
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Lamar Owen writes:

> 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.

Btw., are you aware of the 'serial' tag to override the version guessing
mechanism?

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Peter Eisentraut      peter_e@gmx.net       http://yi.org/peter-e/



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