Re: [gnome-db] epoch and spec file for libgda

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 09:22 -0400, Jeff Macdonald wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 06:07, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > hmm, I'm not sure we really want to use epoch here. Can anyone with more
> > RPM knowledge comment on this?
> > 
> 
> My research indicates that epoch is useful when a package with a
> 'lesser' version should really replace a version with a 'higher'
> version. So basically it is a 'oops - I goofed' crutch. I'd removed it.
> However, I'm no RPM wizard. I just read what docs there are.
> 
seems this is the case, so I guess adding the epoch to our spec file is
not a good idea. Any other idea about what is causing that dependency
problem?

cheers