[GH-ISSUE #1847] RPM release number is wrong #1105

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opened 2026-02-27 00:02:15 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-27 00:02:15 +03:00

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Originally created by @sixg0000d on GitHub (Oct 20, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/electerm/electerm/issues/1847

Electerm version:

1.5.7

Operating system(linux, macos, or windows7/8/10?):

Linux

Expected Behavior

The release number of rpm package released may be smaller, more likely to be 1.

Can you reproduce the same behavior in other terminal:

Current Behavior

Possible Solution

Steps to Reproduce

1.Download the rpm package from the release, then:

rpm -qi ./*.rpm

2.it show me

Release: 508

Context (Environment)

Detailed Description

The most of RPM build guide / guideline is guiding us the release number should reset when software is update, like:
https://rpm-packaging-guide.github.io/
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Versioning/#_release_and_post_release_versions

If there is a problem with the package and it is not related to the source code of electerm itself but related to packaging, you can rebuild with same version and increase the release number, it's beneficial to RPM version and upgrade management.

I have tried to build the RPM package follow the README to figure out why the release number is so large, but the package I built locally, twice, the release numbers are 1 .

Suggestions?

The number of times this version of the software was released. Normally, set the initial value to 1%{?dist}, and increment it with each new release of the package. Reset to 1 when a new Version of the software is built.

And the %{?dist} is a rpm macro, the results are like el8, fc32, but it's can only expansions for rpmbuild system, so just ignore that, set release value to 1 each release.

Originally created by @sixg0000d on GitHub (Oct 20, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/electerm/electerm/issues/1847  ## Electerm version: 1.5.7 ## Operating system(linux, macos, or windows7/8/10?): Linux ## Expected Behavior  The release number of rpm package released may be smaller, more likely to be 1. ## Can you reproduce the same behavior in other terminal:  ## Current Behavior  ## Possible Solution  ## Steps to Reproduce   1.Download the rpm package from [the release](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases), then: ``` rpm -qi ./*.rpm ``` 2.it show me ``` Release: 508 ``` ## Context (Environment)   ## Detailed Description  The most of RPM build guide / guideline is guiding us the release number should reset when software is update, like: https://rpm-packaging-guide.github.io/ https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Versioning/#_release_and_post_release_versions If there is a problem with the package and it is not related to the source code of electerm itself but related to packaging, you can rebuild with same version and increase the release number, it's beneficial to RPM version and upgrade management. I have tried to build the RPM package follow the README to figure out why the release number is so large, but the package I built locally, twice, the release numbers are 1 . ## Suggestions?  > The number of times this version of the software was released. Normally, set the initial value to 1%{?dist}, and increment it with each new release of the package. Reset to 1 when a new Version of the software is built. And the `%{?dist}` is a rpm macro, the results are like `el8`, `fc32`, but it's can only expansions for rpmbuild system, so just ignore that, set release value to `1` each release.