Benjamin Pflugmann wrote:

> On Thu 2003-08-07 at 15:34:02 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Buchan Milne wrote:
>> > David Walser wrote:
>> >> Olivier Thauvin wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>[Contrib-RPM]
>> >>>Name        : kernel-2.6                   Relocations: (not relocateable)
>> >>>Version     : 2.6.0                             Vendor: MandrakeSoft
>> >>>Release     : 0.test2.2mdk                  Build Date: Wed Aug  6
>> > 00:48:09 2003
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I can't believe RPM even let you do that.  hyphens are *not* supposed
>> >> to be in RPM Names.
>> > 
>> > They can be in names (see the normal kernel packages), they just can't
>> > be in version numbers (possibly release numbers too).
>> 
>> Apparently they can now, but they used to be totally illegal, and
>> for good reason.  It makes it near impossible to parse the filename.
> 
> Well, "now" being "quite some time", I presume. When I ask urpmq, I
> have 6699 package available on my media, 3636 of them containing a
> hyphen in the package name (although most - over 3000 - due to
> sub-packages).

I needed to be more specific, I corrected myself.

>> By policy the RPM name here should be kernel2.6

And that is correct.

> Bye,
> 
>       Benjamin.
> 
> 
> 



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