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Old 03-17-2011
Basic question regarding rpm naming convention.

Hi Guys,

Where would i find the list of distribution codes.
For example.
Code:
samba-32bit-3.4.2 -1.1.3.1.x8664.rpm

In above rpm file it is indicated that its release is 1.1.3.1 .

The rpm is meant to be run for opensuse.

Where would i get the linking of release number and distribution.

In simple words How would i guess distribution by merely looking at rpm name?
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Old 03-17-2011
the distribution does not depend on the release of the rpm.. you can install all the rpms that you want despite your distro
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Old 03-17-2011
The file name isn't fixed to a certain scheme for all distributions. For example, Fedora appends the distribution version it's built for to every RPM. My best guess would be checking the output of rpm -qip <file>
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