On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 03:14:22PM +0000, Michael Brown wrote:
> 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.
>
right. for pre-release, you should use 0.3mdk (or 0.pre3 if you prefer)
for the release tag.
DindinX
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