These are epoch numbers. Rpmdrake shows epoch if defined in package. Sometimes you may want to see it.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cooker-owner@linux- > mandrake.com] On Behalf Of H. Narfi Stefansson > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 5:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Cooker] weird version numbers in rpmdrake > > Am I the only one that sees version numbers such as > 3000:2.4.5 when I update my cooker system using rpmdrake? > I put a screenshot of rpmdrake up at > http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~narfi/rpmdrake.png > where the following version numbers are shown: > cdrecord 3:1.11-0.a15.1mdk > kdevelop 3:2.0.2-9mdk with version 3:2.0.2-8mdk installed > kdebase-devel 1:2.2.2-62mdk with version 1:2.2.2-59mdk installed > kdebase 1.2.2.2-62mdk with version 1:2.2.2-59mdk installed > > Of course "rpm -q" on the command line does not report any such odd > version numbers. > > Narfi.
