[Yum] yum-suck available

[seth vidal]

On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 17:45, Aleksander Demko wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 16:07, seth vidal wrote:
> > the format for the .hdr filename is:
> > 
> > name-epoch-ver-rel.arch.hdr
> 
> What is the epoch, BTW, or is it documented the source, which I should
> be reading? :)

epoch is another version-related string that rpm has setup for trumping
ver-rel.

the idea is that ver-rel might not always be newer even though you want
this other ver to be considered newer. So you use epoch.

it's not a yum-ism - it's an rpm-ism.

-sv