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. > > >
