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   <H1>[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release	ppp-2.4.5-11.mga3</H1>
    <B>David Walser</B> 
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    <I>Mon Jan  7 05:37:36 CET 2013</I>
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<PRE>Johnny A. Solbu wrote:
&gt;<i> On Sunday 6. January 2013 11.57, Thierry Vignaud wrote:
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> In spec file.
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> This ensures we end with both obsoletes &amp; provides tags
</I>&gt;<i> 
</I>&gt;<i> The reason I didn't do that, is that I think it might not obsolete te current version, as the &#171;replacement package&#187; have an &#171;older&#187; vversion 
</I>number than te one being obsoleted.
&gt;<i> Specifically, rp-pppoe-plugin have version 3.10, but ppp-pppoe that's replacing it have version 2.4.5. So the %rename tag will not even 
</I>obsolete a 12 year old package. (rp-pppoe v2.5 was released in 2000)
&gt;<i> 
</I>&gt;<i> That is how I've understood the %rename tag.
</I>&gt;<i> So the way I see it, I should just add a Provides tag.
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You are correct.  %rename is usually just used when you're renaming a subpackage within one SRPM or renaming an entire SRPM.  It can't be used 
against something that has a different version, as was the case here.  Manually adding the Provides was the correct solution.

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