On Friday 14 November 2008 19:33:41 Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote: > > Why is version 1.0.18a.dfsg considered OLDER than 1.0.18.dfsg? > > > > $ dpkg --compare-versions 1.0.18a.dfsg-1 gt 1.0.18.dfsg-1 ; echo $? > > 1 > > > > If not adding the ".dfsg", the result is as expected (1.0.18a > 1.0.18) : > > > > $ dpkg --compare-versions 1.0.18a-1 gt 1.0.18-1 ; echo $? > > 0 > > > > Is that a bug with version numbers which contain ".dfsg", or is it > > that I don't understand something about versioning? > > OK, I've been told in #debian-mentors: . > any letter > lexicographically. Sorry for the fuss. So what is the correct way? Use 1.0.18a+dfsg-1 or 1.0.18.a.dfsg-1 or....?
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