difference between .100mdk and .mdk files?

Rory in Toronto · 04-11-2004, 04:24 PM

Hi,

I notice when I go to install something, there are often identitical files, only one of which I can choose. One extension will say .100mdk. The other will say .mdk.

Can anyone explain the difference, in my attempt to figure out which one I should download?

Thanks,
Rory

pete_bogg · 04-11-2004, 05:36 PM

Rory, I've never seen a .100mdk file before, but I have seen -2mdk.i586.rpm, -3mdk.i586.rpm, etc.

My understanding is that the 2, 3, and so on, are version numbers of the rpm package. That is to say, 'gnucash-1.8.8-2mdk.i586.rpm' is 'gnucash version 1.8.8', packaged as a 'rpm' file for 'mandrake linux', to run on a 'i586' processor or better. This particular package is version 2.

gnucash-1.8.8-3mdk.i586.rpm would be version 3 of the package, with the other parts being the same.

I hope this helps.

Rory in Toronto · 04-11-2004, 05:41 PM

Hmm... Okay, I saw it on an mplayer install. I think it may just be a difference in the Stable and Community version.

Thanks,
R.

johncoom · 04-12-2004, 01:52 AM

This pattern happens often when a current MDK version is just about to be superseaded by a new version (EG: during the transition period)
Exactly the same happened between v.9.1 and 9.2 - only then the files were
named like this:- filename-packageversionnumber.92mdk.i586.rpm

So from that can you manage to work out what this is ?
filename-packageversionnumber.100mdk.i586.rpm

BTW - I have already install some of these (updates) on my MDK-10.0 Community PP