Marc Matteo [Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 08:28:00PM -0800] wrote: >How about something that RPM does (or used to do, it's been a while) >is use an *internal* version number in cases like this. It's >basically the same thing as the v* idea only it's hidden in the >Makefile. > >So in the gcc case instead of v0 gcc-3.3.6 would get "VINDEX=0" in >it's Makefile. > So you have to put this "VINDEX" into the package... >This would have the same effect as the v* number but the end user >wouldn't be faced with a potentially freakish gcc-3.3.6v0p3. > ... but then you have to completely download each package to look inside. That'll waste a lot of bandwidth for just looking inside and decide if this package is newer than the installed one.
Bernd
