[Dovecot] version question
I have Dovecot server from a iRedMail install, version 2.0.21
dovecot --version 2.0.21
yum update wants to update as so from iRedMail repo:
--> Running transaction check ---> Package dovecot.x86_64 1:2.0.21-0_136.el6 will be updated ---> Package dovecot.x86_64 1:2.1.17-0_136.el6 will be an update ---> Package dovecot-managesieve.x86_64 2:0.2.6-22.el6 will be updated ---> Package dovecot-managesieve.x86_64 2:0.3.6-26.el6 will be an update ---> Package dovecot-pigeonhole.x86_64 2:0.2.6-22.el6 will be updated ---> Package dovecot-pigeonhole.x86_64 2:0.3.6-26.el6 will be an update --> Finished Dependency Resolution
Package Arch Version
Repository Size
Updating:
dovecot x86_64 1:2.1.17-0_136.el6 iRedMail 2.4 M dovecot-managesieve x86_64 2:0.3.6-26.el6 iRedMail 45 k dovecot-pigeonhole x86_64 2:0.3.6-26.el6 iRedMail 348 k
so, if I run this update, I'll update to '2.1.17-0', yes ?
ahem, dumb question ahead: what's the '1' in front ? 1:2.1.17-0_136
(dumb user worrying that I don't attempt to install ver 1...)
apart from /etc/dovecot/*, should I backup anything else ?
sorry for dumb q...
thanks
On 02/21/2014 11:37 PM, voytek@sbt.net.au wrote:
--> Running transaction check ---> Package dovecot.x86_64 1:2.0.21-0_136.el6 will be updated ---> Package dovecot.x86_64 1:2.1.17-0_136.el6 will be an update ---> Package dovecot-managesieve.x86_64 2:0.2.6-22.el6 will be updated ---> Package dovecot-managesieve.x86_64 2:0.3.6-26.el6 will be an update ---> Package dovecot-pigeonhole.x86_64 2:0.2.6-22.el6 will be updated ---> Package dovecot-pigeonhole.x86_64 2:0.3.6-26.el6 will be an update --> Finished Dependency Resolution ahem, dumb question ahead: what's the '1' in front ? 1:2.1.17-0_136
As you can see the 1: prefix appears also in your currently installed packages. The number followed by a colon, e.g. 1:, is not part of the upstream version, it's called an epoch and it's part of the package version. It's a trick related to your package manager and its repositories, not to the specific software in question.
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