David Roundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 03:05:05PM +0200, Simon Richter wrote: >> > So, as long as upstream hasn't agreed to change this (or even stated >> > they never will), what should I do? In the special case where I came >> > across this, it's even worse: The development versions for to-be 1.2 are >> > numbered 1.2-1 to 1.2-4, and I fear the release will be just 1.2. >> >> The usual way is using "pre1", "pre2", ..., "rc1", ..., "rel". As a >> matter of fact, this sorts nicely. > > Doesn't this have the problem that debian considers 1.2pre1 to be a later > version than 1.2?
Yes, it has. That's why I was asking: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg --compare-versions hello-1.2 ge hello-1.2pre1; echo $? 1 Bye, Frank -- Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
