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The perl source RPM specfile has: %define Compress_Raw_Zlib_version 2.023 However, the actual version is only 2.020 (see ext/Compress-Raw-Zlib/lib/Compress/Raw/Zlib.pm). This means that RHEL 6 includes an RPM called perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.023-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm, but it provides "perl(Compress::Raw::Zlib) = 2.020". This is broken and highly confusing.
You are right. It is very unfortunate. Thank you for you report.
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Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: Cause Comparing perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib package version and Compress::Raw::Zlib::VERSION variable provided by the Perl module. Consequence The two version misalign. RPM package claims higher version. Fix RPM package version has been changed to 2.020 to align with source code. Epoch number of the package has been increased to preserve RPM package version string ordering. Result The perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib version is in line with contained Perl Compress::Raw::Zlib now.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0843.html