On May 19, 2004, Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)math.unl.edu> wrote:
Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On May 19, 2004, Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)math.unl.edu> wrote:
>
>> Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>>
>>> How about foo-1-3.fc3 and foo-1-4.fc4
>>> How do I issue an errata for fc3?
>
>> foo-1-4.fc3 (which is still smaller than foo-1.4.fc4)
> But this breaks foo >= 1-4
I don't follow. How exactly does it break?
Your foo-1-4.fc3 won't contain the change made in 1-4.fc4, that
is required for FC4, but must not be present in FC3.
If a package requires foo >= 1-4, it's safe to assume that it requires
that change, and 1-4.fc3 won't have it, so things will break.
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