This is a small Perl module I had need of during a recent project at work, but which wasn't in Debian.
Essentially it provides the comparison indicating that (e.g.) 2.10.1pl1-8 is greater than 2.9.8.1-4. Small, simple, perl-only. Packages may be had from http://devin.com/debian/. Package: libsort-versions-perl Architecture: all Depends: ${perl:Depends} Description: A perl5 module for comparison of revision numbers This module allows easy sorting (via comparisons) of mixed text and numeric strings, such as the complex "version numbers" that many revision control systems, package managers and shared library systems use. Thanks, -- Devin \ aqua(at)devin.com, 1024D/E9ABFCD2; http://www.devin.com Carraway \ IRC: Requiem GCS/CC/L s-:--- !a !tv C++++$ ULB+++$ O+@ P L+++
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