On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 03:07:44AM +0100, Mattia Dongili wrote: > So I'd go for an epoch, but I'm still puzzled here: is 20040104:1.1-1 ok > or should I go with 1.1.20040104-1 as I see that > > # if `dpkg --compare-versions 20040104:1.1-1 lt 1.2-1` ; then echo "1" ; fi > # > > thanks again
Epoch should only be used for (hopefully) one-off mistakes, and it really should start at 1 Eg procps has an epoch of 1: for one of its many forks or recombines. What i have seen is things like 0.7.1+0.7.2rc2 for something that is the second release candidate for 0.7.2, the 0.7.1 in front means the real 0.7.2 will be newer. - Craig -- Craig Small GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12CA DFA5 Eye-Net Consulting http://www.enc.com.au/ MIEE Debian developer csmall at : enc.com.au ieee.org debian.org
