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Subject:
SL-5.8 vs SL-58
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Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]>
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Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:26:47 -0700
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It appears as if the latest SL 5 update uses a different naming convention,
breaking with the old sequence 5.1, ..., 5.7, it identifies itself as "58".

This broke my private script that looked for sl-release under the name sl-release-5.*
(the actual name is "sl-release-58-4.sl.noarch", notice no "." between "5" and "8",
compare to filenames of sl-release for all previous versions of SL4, 5, and 6).

After fixing this, I see that many external yum repositories stopped working
because they assume the "5.8" name, not "58".

So my inquiring mind wants to know if this change is permanent and SL 59, 510, 511,
63, 64, etc are to follow.


-- 
Konstantin Olchanski
Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow!
Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca
Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada

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