Hi, I'm sure this is an FAQ. But can I use a version number like:
1.6.20001010-1 and then later on 1.7-1 with success? I want to package something based on date (development snapshot) but w/o epochs (as I'm not sure where to start the epoch and how to drop it later). I tried these examples with dpkg --compare-versions and they were fine, but I also found out that I could have 1.6-20001010-1 < 1.6-20001010-2 and that confused me, because I though that shouldn't work w/o epochs?! If that works, why are the KDE packages using an epoch (4) instead of just 2.0-DATE-DEBIANRELEASE? I'd rather use VERSION-DATE-DEBIANRELEASE if it will work everywhere. Thanks, YA -- My opinions do not necessarily reflect my company's. The opposite is also true.