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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.21
Severity: normal
$ dpkg --compare-versions 1.1 lt 11 && echo yes
yes
$ dpkg --compare-versions 1.a lt 1a && echo yes
$ dpkg --compare-versions 1a lt 1.a && echo yes
yes
Why is version 1a less than 1.a?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
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Architecture: i386 (i686)
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Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii dselect 1.10.20 a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 04:52:45PM +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.10.21
> Severity: normal
>=20
> $ dpkg --compare-versions 1.1 lt 11 && echo yes
> yes
1 < 11, stop
> $ dpkg --compare-versions 1.a lt 1a && echo yes
1 =3D=3D 1, continue
chr('.') -> 46=20
!isalpha('.') -> 46 + 256 -> 302
chr('a') -> 97
302 > 97, stop
> Why is version 1a less than 1.a?
Consider yourself de-surprised.
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