[Yum] why is this flagged as old?

[seth vidal]

On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 13:16, Brian Lalor wrote:
> On 19 May 2003, seth vidal wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 11:41, Brian Lalor wrote:
> > > On 19 May 2003, seth vidal wrote:
> > > 
> > > > What's the epoch on the sawfish package you have installed?
> > > 
> > > (none):sawfish
> > > 
> > 
> > well there is your problem.
> > 
> > the sawfish in rhl 9 has an epoch of 2.
> > 
> > Therefore it is newer.
> 
> Is this documented somewhere?  Epoch overrides the version and release no 
> matter what?
> 

yes - it's documented in the rpm version comparison specification.

This has been the case in rpm (not AT ALL specific to yum) since rpm 3
or below.

-sv