Re: [Cooker] files different (in content only) from cooker versions?

[Ron Stodden]

"Brian J. Murrell" wrote:
 
> I understand all of this.  What I want to know is why a package's name,
> version, and revision stays the same from cooker to 7.2 release yet the
> file's size and contents actually differ.

Historically, there have been plenty of cases of this on the Mandrake
servers, including silent 'updates' where name, size, timestamp are
identical yet the contents differ.

Nothing new here (Murphy again?), and it does reflect less than well
on the managenent of the entire mirror update process.

-- 
Regards,

Ron. [AU]