On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Frederic Crozat wrote:
> > What is the 'correct' way to handle version numbers such as "0.7.0pre3"
> > so that RPM correctly recognises "0.7.0" as being an upgrade to
> > "0.7.0pre3"? I'm currently packaging kvoctrain which uses this scheme.
> > I think I saw something on a Mandrake web page saying to use
> > "0.7.0.pre3", but I can't find it anywhere now.
> You should use :
> 0.7.0 for version
> 0.pre3-1(mdk) for release
> therefore, when 0.7.0 final will be out, you'll just have to change to
> 0.7.0 for version and
> 1mdk for release
Thanks, but when I try that rpm complains that "-" is an illegal character
for release.
Michael
