* Hamish Moffatt: > FWIW you can experiment quite easily using > > dpkg --compare-versions x lt y && echo Yes
> Interestingly, "4.22.." is considered higher than "4.22.3". I'm not sure > if this is good advice though :-) It's also a good idea to check against APT's implementation when playing with strange version numbers (because it's not the same). The python-apt package contains a wrapper (not yet another independent implementation): import apt_pkg apt_pkg.init() def compare(a, b): apt_pkg.VersionCompare(a, b) # use compare as needed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
