Re: Reiserfs versions

[kenny gorman <kgorman@panix.com>]

I am sorta confused.  I downloaded and compiled the latest 
reiserfsprogs, I also updated my rpm.  How do I know what version I am 
runnning then?

rpm -q shows reiserfs-3.x.0k_pre10-8, but in /usr/local/sbin I have the 
latest 3.6.4 stuff.  How can I be sure my system is updated correctly? 
Should I remove the rpm?

thx
-kg


Oleg Drokin wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 11:46:19PM -0800, kenny gorman wrote:
> 
> 
>>I poked around suse's site, and found the 'certified kernel' with:
>>2.4.16-64gb smp
> 
> 
> This one is ok.
> 
> 
>>reiserfs-3.x.0k_pre10-8
> 
> 
> This one is not.
> 
> 
>>See any reason why this combination is not a good idea?
> 
> 
> reiserfs-3.x.0k_pre10 sounds like something very old.
> 
> 
>>How do the version numbers work? I am confused about the 3.x notation 
>>and the 3.6 notation you used below...I upgraded my reiserfsprogs to 
>>3.6.4 just in case, but the filesystem rpm is still 3.x.0k_pre10-8 right?
> 
> 
> The 3.x notation is the obsoletted one which was supposed to mean 3.5 and 3.6,
> recently we changed that confusing scheme to just 3.6.
> 
> 
> You can get reiserfsprogs 3.6.4 from our ftp site, build build rpm from it,
> and then replace your reiserfs package with fersly built one,
> so that your RPM database is in consistent state with what you actually have.
> 
> Or may be SuSE people have newer reiserfsprogs already in updates.
> 
> Bye,
>     Oleg
> 
> .
>