On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 09:58:21AM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > Agustin Martin Domingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > point in versions is not decimal separator, but major or minor version > > separator. So > > 0.00001 == 0.01 == 0.1 > > all means > > major version=0 > > first minor version=1 > Many developers don't consider those identical, though.
Then they're wrong and should educate themselves. You can consider numeric fields as being zero padded from the front and still get the right answer, if you prefer. That's not the way dpkg actually does things though. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``BAM! Science triumphs again!'' -- http://www.angryflower.com/vegeta.gif -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
