Bug 1200528

Summary:	incorrect results from rpmdev-vercmp with some filenames
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Pat Riehecky <riehecky>
Component:	rpmdevtools	Assignee:	Thomas Woerner <twoerner>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	BaseOS QE Security Team <qe-baseos-security>
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Version:	6.6	CC:	ajb, csieh, misterbonnie, mkosek, toracat
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Description Pat Riehecky 2015-03-10 18:37:02 UTC

Description of problem:
For certain filenames rpmdev-vercmp reports an incorrect result.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):rpmdevtools-7.5-2.el6.noarch


How reproducible:100%


Steps to Reproduce:
1.rpmdev-vercmp asdf-1.2-4.el6 asdf-1.2.3-5.el6
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Actual results:
0:asdf-1.2-4.el6 is newer


Expected results:
0:asdf-1.2.3-5.el6 is newer


Additional info:

Comment 2 Martin Kosek 2017-11-30 10:59:36 UTC

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is in the Production 3 Phase. During the Production 3 Phase, Critical impact Security Advisories (RHSAs) and selected Urgent Priority Bug Fix Advisories (RHBAs) may be released as they become available.

The official life cycle policy can be reviewed here:

http://redhat.com/rhel/lifecycle

This issue does not meet the inclusion criteria for the Production 3 Phase and will be marked as CLOSED/WONTFIX. If this remains a critical requirement, please contact Red Hat Customer Support to request a re-evaluation of the issue, citing a clear business justification. Note that a strong business justification will be required for re-evaluation. Red Hat Customer Support can be contacted via the Red Hat Customer Portal at the following URL:

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