10:~ # zypper se -s gnu-unifont-bitmap-fonts Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository --+--------------------------+---------+---------------+--------+------------------------ i | gnu-unifont-bitmap-fonts | package | 20080123-85.2 | noarch | (System Packages) v | gnu-unifont-bitmap-fonts | package | 8.0.01-1.1 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss (reverse-i-search)`up': vi /mnt/d^C 10:~ # zypper up gnu-unifont-bitmap-fonts Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... No update candidate for 'gnu-unifont-bitmap-fonts-20080123-85.2.noarch'. The highest available version is already installed. Resolving package dependencies... Nothing to do. 10:~ # zypper dup Warning: You are about to do a distribution upgrade with all enabled repositories. Make sure these repositories are compatible before you continue. See 'man zypper' for more information about this command. Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Computing distribution upgrade... ... The following package is going to be downgraded: gnu-unifont-bitmap-fonts 1 package to downgrade, 1 new, 1 to remove. Overall download size: 47.5 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, 485.7 KiB will be freed. Continue? [y/n/? shows all options] (y): To me this sounds like the exact use case for RPM epoch - version scheme changes so we want to start new sequence which is "newer" than any previous sequence. Are there some guidelines that say when (not) use epoch? Or is it simply considered non-issue because anyone will use dup anyway? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org