* Dave Plater <dplater.list@gmail.com> [07-29-17 12:23]:
On 29/07/2017 16:43, Patrick Shanahan wrote: [...]
and look closely at the version numbers. packman's build cycles are release different than openSUSE's and therefore ^ numbers are different. zypper *only* judges up/downgrade on the numbers. packman's versions may be the same or upgrades and zypper believe they are downgrades. keyword here is trust. I tend to accept whatever packman delivers if I need their package.
Packman has different release numbers, the last two numbers after the last dash (-) but the version numbers should be the same.
I know the difference between versioning and releases, but they are combined and zypper does not. and it only confuses the issue. zypper grades up/down according to the number and knows not whether it is a release or version. it would be different if the question posed was not so vague in this respect and if zypper knew which was version and which was release (or maybe this should be "build" rather than release). more vagueness. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org