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RPM package version results in incorrect update behavior
I'm installing AdoptOpenJDK 13 on to CentOS 7 from the provided RPM repo at adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io. It looks like the way the version numbers are set up on the package is causing an older version of the rpm to take precedence. Testing in a centos:7 container
docker run -it --rm centos:7
yum-config-manager --add-repo https://adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io/adoptopenjdk/rpm/centos/7/x86_64
yum -q --nogpgcheck install adoptopenjdk-13-hotspot
[root@f6e9260aedfd ~]# yum -q install --nogpgcheck adoptopenjdk-13-hotspot
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
adoptopenjdk-13-hotspot x86_64 13+33-1 adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io_adoptopenjdk_rpm_centos_7_x86_64 198 M
Installing for dependencies:
alsa-lib x86_64 1.1.8-1.el7 base 425 k
libX11 x86_64 1.6.7-2.el7 base 607 k
libX11-common noarch 1.6.7-2.el7 base 164 k
libXau x86_64 1.0.8-2.1.el7 base 29 k
libXext x86_64 1.3.3-3.el7 base 39 k
libXi x86_64 1.7.9-1.el7 base 40 k
libXrender x86_64 0.9.10-1.el7 base 26 k
libXtst x86_64 1.2.3-1.el7 base 20 k
libxcb x86_64 1.13-1.el7 base 214 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package (+9 Dependent packages)
Is this ok [y/d/N]: n
Exiting on user command
Your transaction was saved, rerun it with:
yum load-transaction /tmp/yum_save_tx.2019-11-12.01-19.6TB15U.yumtx
[root@f6e9260aedfd ~]#
Without specifying a version yum tries to install adoptopenjdk-13-hotspot 13+33-1 (13+33), but it looks like adoptopenjdk-13-hotspot 13.0.1+9-1 (13.0.1+9) is the later version.
[root@f6e9260aedfd ~]# yum -q --showduplicates list adoptopenjdk-13-hotspot
Available Packages
adoptopenjdk-13-hotspot.x86_64 13.0.1+9-1 adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io_adoptopenjdk_rpm_centos_7_x86_64
adoptopenjdk-13-hotspot.x86_64 13+33-1 adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io_adoptopenjdk_rpm_centos_7_x86_64
[root@f6e9260aedfd ~]#
So, the JEP 223 version numbering scheme does not work well with RPM/YUM. See http://blog.jasonantman.com/2014/07/how-yum-and-rpm-compare-versions/ for a description on how the versions are compared.
I suspect the problem can be addressed by adding a .0.0, so 13.0.0+33 instead of 13+33, to the version string when a minor and security version is omitted for the initial releases.
This should not happen again with 14 because I manually expanded the version to 14.0.0 before creating the packages. There is no proper fix in place, yet. I won‘t fix 13 except https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/TSC/issues/147 gets approved and we continue building it.