On Tue Dec 04, 2001 at 02:47:50AM -0500, Theo Brinkman wrote:

> As I understand it, the RPM name convention for Mandrake is something 
> like this:
> 
> package-name-<package version>-<buildversion>mdk.<processor>.rpm
> 
> where <package version> is the version of the program you're building, 
> <buildversion> is a builder-maintained version so that a rebuild of the 
> same product version can be handled as an upgrade without --force, and 
> processor is generall i586 or noarch in the case of non-compiled stuff 
> like perl scripts or font packages.
> 
> The mdk indicates that it is an OFFICIAL Mandrake package.
> 
> 
> I could be wrong on any of this, but I *think* this is how it works.

Well, close.  Anyone can use the mdk revision, it doesn't indicate
it's an official package, it indicates it was designed *for*
Mandrake.  Ie. I use xxmdk revisions on all of my packages, whether
they're in cooker, contribs, or on my FTP sites.  This indicates to
people they are designed for Mandrake, not RH or others.  If it works
on RH, fine, but it's not designed for it.

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