On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Peter Fritzsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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....?
The only thing that worked for me is 1.0.18.dfsg.a-1. Ugly. If the previous version would have been 1.0.18~dfsg-1, 1.0.18a~dfsg-1 would have been perfectly fine. -- Pau Garcia i Quiles http://www.elpauer.org (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
