[Yum] Update strategy, header extraction
seth vidal
skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Thu Jan 15 21:16:43 UTC 2004
On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 16:08, Karsten Jeppesen wrote:
> Thanks,
>
> > I think you might be looking for pkgpolicy=last in your yum.conf.
>
> No - I will make certain that my package is newer - at least the
> version will. But it certainly fixes the problem.
> Which raises the question: newest? release/version or upload date???
> The problem is as follows:
>
> When Yellowdog releases a kernel update they should release one for the
> briQ as well. Currenty 2.4.20-8e.
> But I am at 2.4.23 soon 2.4.24.
> But after I post the 2.4.23 on my YUM repository I want the briQs out
> there to say:
> 1) .... base is YDL: 2.4.20 (oct 2003)
> 2) .... update is YDL:2.4.20-8e (jan 2004)
> 3) .... Total Impact is 2.4.23 (dec 2003)
> hmmmmmm - 3 is the better one - I will update to that one. (last does
> fix it!)
>
> If YDL released 2.4.24 tomorrow, then I would release 2.4.24-99 right
> away to counter it for the briQs.
date has nothing to do with the version comparison.
-sv
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