On 22 January 2013 08:22, Kevin Fenzi <kevin(a)scrye.com> wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:05:42 -0700
Stephen John Smoogen <smooge(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 21 January 2013 12:11, Russell Golden
> <niveusluna(a)www2.niveusluna.org> wrote:
> > I have a question that may better address the problem. At least to
> > me.
> >
> > Why does epel-release need to change so much in the first place?
>
> I believe it is due to key signing. The key is signed against the
> other Fedora Keys. So when the F18 key or some other key comes out,
> the EPEL key gets signed with it.
It doesn't change very often at all. From the changelog:
* Sun Nov 04 2012 <stahnma(a)fedoraproject.org> - 6-8
- Fix URL bz #870686
* Wed May 09 2012 Jens Petersen <petersen(a)redhat.com> - 6-7
- add ppc64 to ghc_arches
Dude.. what have we told you about bringing real facts into an EPEL
argument? Now we have to come up with a new conspiracy.
PS thanks. I should have checked the rpm and not the memory.
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