ANNOUNCE: Unstable release 4.26-4 released (fwd)

[Robin M.]

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Nick Phillips wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 12:38:38PM -0500, Robin M. wrote:
>
> > i.e.
> > proftpd-1.2.5-1.1mlx.i386.rpm
> > softwarename-softwareversion-rpmbuildnumber.arch.rpm
> >
> > With the current scheme proper upgrades via rpm cannot be acheived as rpm
> > does not recognize that the number beyond the dash is an incrementally
> > more recent version.
>
> So what are you supposed to do when the actual software hasn't changed, but
> the RPM packaging has?
>
this has been explained further in the thread. If you need a further
explanation I will email you off list.