Hi, On Fri, 16 Dec 2011, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > If we have a close look, we can see that: > > Online is: > > Replaces: libqwt5-qt4-dev (<< 6.0.0-) > > After installation we have in dpkg/status: > > Replaces: libqwt5-qt4-dev (<< 6.0.0) > > From policy §7.1: > > parentheses should contain a relation from the list below > followed by a version number, in the format described in > Version, Section 5.6.12. > > "6.0.0-" is not a valid version number.
It's accepted by dpkg at least. Why would it be invalid? $ dpkg --compare-versions 6.0.0- eq 6.0.0 && echo yes yes It doesn't bring anything useful though and is best avoided. This was already reported once and I have even code (in my private branch pu/keep-version-string) that ensures that dpkg preserves the trailing dash. dpkg-dev already does that correctly. I think Guillem was not really convinced by the need to fix this on the dpkg side. (A similar problem happens if you write your version with an explicit epoch of "0", aka "0:6.0.0" == "6.0.0" but the string is different) Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/liberation/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111216162140.gf13...@rivendell.home.ouaza.com
