Re: why does zypper marks a package "obsolete" even with higher version number ...

On Tue, Oct 03, 2023 at 09:33:58AM +0200, André Verwijs wrote:

at the bottom, why does zypper  marks a package "obsolete"  even with higher  version number ... true: "epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.8.0-1.x86_64¨ is installed manually (downloaded package) how does zypper deal with package version numbers??

If it's not available in a repository it's obsolete with the 'distribution upgrade' logic. dup is supposed to align with the distribution, not necessarily to bring the latest numerical version. Also note: package versions are not always monotonic, and this is a mechanism that deals with version jumps in Tumbleweed. Thanks Michal