Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano schrieb:
> [...]
> AFAIK repotags have not caused technical
> problems when used, they _have_ been useful, and they work now.
repotags are part of the release and as such they influence the
version-comparison when rpm determinates which rpm package is the
newest. Some people call that a "technical problem".
In other words: the repo with the "highest" repotag wins:
[thl@notebook ~]$ rpmdev-vercmp 0 1.1 5 0 1.1 5.at
0:1.1-5.at is newer
[thl@notebook ~]$ rpmdev-vercmp 0 1.1 5.at 0 1.1 5.epel
0:1.1-5.epel is newer
[thl@notebook ~]$ rpmdev-vercmp 0 1.1 5.epel 0 1.1 5.rf
0:1.1-5.rf is newer
[thl@notebook ~]$ rpmdev-vercmp 0 1.1 5.rf 0 1.1 5.zzzzzzzzzz
0:1.1-5.zzzzzzzzzz is newer
That doesn't fly with me.
Compare that with the repotag-less situation of each repo providing packages
with *identical* EVR's. Which is worse?
-- Rex