CentOS - Jun 2005 - Problem with yum/kdevelop?

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?

Thanks,

Josh





		
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On Thursday 30 June 2005 14:53, Joshua Weage wrote:
> Can anyone tell me why the header for kdevelop has a leading 8 rather
> than 0?
That's the epoch. Just add a "Epoch: 8" header to your spec and
you should be
fine.

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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