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Ben Hutchings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thijs Kinkhorst wrote:
>> On Tue, January 3, 2006 09:47, Gregor Richards wrote:
>> > I updated the package to 1.0.0. The version compare algorithm doesn't
>> > like it ... it thinks that 1.0.0 is less than 1.0.0rc5 ... but that's not
>> > how release candidates work :)
>>
>> That's indeed a caveat on the Debian version compare algorithm. When
>> you're packaging a release candidate, you normally should watch out for
>> adding 'rcN' to the version to avoid being able to update it to the real
>> version later.
>>
>> What's done commonly is something like this: 0.9.9+1.0.0rc5, or for a
>> higher version: 2.4.3+2.4.4rc1.
>
> I believe this practice has been obsolete since the release of sarge.
> dpkg now considers "~" to sort before anything, even a null string, so
> you can use e.g. "1.0.0~rc5".
The last time I checked, the archive infrastructure couldn't cope with
this, so while you could build and install, you couldn't upload
packages with a '~' in the version.
It may be the situation has now changed; hopefully someone might be
able to clarify that.
Regards,
Roger
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