Joel Johnson wrote: > On Thu, September 22, 2005 10:38 am, Ben Hutchings wrote: <snip> > > A new rule was added to dpkg version comparisons a while ago to > > support this case. A "~" compares as less than anything else, even the > > empty string, so "1.1~rc1" is greater than "1.0" and less than "1.1". > > This rule is present in the sarge version of dpkg so is OK to > > use in later distributions, so far as I know. > > > > Ben. > > Perfect, that is inded what I was after. I had remembered something being > less of a hack than +, but couldn't remember what. From this thread > (http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/06/msg01482.html) I presume > that support has also been added into DAK, apt and everything needed for > auto-building?
apt appears to be OK, as is the latest version of DAK. However, ftp- master is running an older version of DAK. I asked Joerg Jaspert whether it supported ~ version numbers yet and he said "no, wait for the announcement". So there you have it. -- Ben Hutchings Always try to do things in chronological order; it's less confusing that way. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
