On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 12:49, Michael van Elst wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 12:04:25PM -0700, David M. Fetter wrote:
>
> > ...why would the openpkg build tool want to downgrade
> > a piece of software from a X.Y.{1,2,...} version to a X.Y.0 version? It
> > seems to me that if there is a X.Y.{1,2,...} installed then that would
> > be the newest version of the package therefore it wouldn't do anything
> > with it.
>
> For the build tool to upgrade is to replace the installed version
> of a package with a version from the repository.
>
> It first determines the 'newest' version in the repository and then
> tries to install it, independent on what version you have installed.Well, that makes sense now. I don't understand why we would want to do that though. > > So the question is, what index do you use and what is in there ? They are my own generated indexes. I have not been including the UPD directory, but I do have a couple packages that I manually built and installed from there. Your explanation now makes sense why I'm having the problem, but I still would think that if a newer version is installed than what is found in the repository it shouldn't try to upgrade or in this case downgrade the software. The version number should be the first and foremost authority when deciding what to upgrade. That's just my opinion of course. :-) Thanks. > > Greetings, -- David M. Fetter - UNIX Systems Administrator Portland State University - www.oit.pdx.edu "Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible."
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