On May 18, 2004, Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)math.unl.edu> wrote:
Yes, exactly. In the case where that is not true, dist_tags are
harmless, so this shouldn't be used as an argument against using them.
Not *totally* harmless.
Wasn't there a problem in the way old versions of rpm compared say
-1.foo with -1.1.foo?
If you use disttags, and you have to patch a package such that the
R number goes in between two R numbers that are already out, and you
can't just append the build number at the end for the reasons Axel
already exposed, and you can't add `.number' before the disttag, what
do you do?
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