> RPM has used hyphens since its inception. Except for a small number of > releases, RPM has disallowed hyphens in version and release > specifications. At least since version 2.0.x, RPM has allowed hyphens > in package names. > > Programs that deal with package specifications (name-version-release) > directly pretty much do what the following awk scriptlet describes: [omitted]
Right, but unfortunately it's common for *both* the package name and the version to contain hyphens -- that's why it's annoying. One can simply disallow hyphens in versions, but they seem to turn up in the source versions from which packages are made. It's true that for most purposes, one shouldn't really get any information from the package file name, but it's nice to have the separation be obvious. -Miles
