On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Jan Hauke Rahm <i...@jhr-online.de> wrote: >> - "2.2~rc3-hg365+dfsg1", but would have the "-" any drawback I do not see?
Ups, this does not work. > What about actually checking some possibilities: > > $ dpkg --compare-versions 2.2~rc3+hg365+dfsg1 gt 2.2~rc3.dfsg1 && echo true Thanks for the suggestion, dpkg --compare-version will be useful! I think that the hg365 pare should come before dfsg1, i.e. upstram version before debian repackaging > $ dpkg --compare-versions 2.2~rc3.hg365.dfsg1 gt 2.2~rc3.dfsg1 && echo true > true > $ dpkg --compare-versions 2.2~rc3+hg365+dfsg1 gt 2.2~rc3+dfsg1 && echo true > true 2.2~rc3.hg365+dfsg1 is an interesting alternative. However I think is is not advisable for the same reason why "+dfsg1" is better than ".dfsg1". If in the future I want to do something like "2.3.hg789", and upstread releases 2.3.1, this is going to be troublesome as: dpkg --compare-versions 2.3.1 gt 2.3.hg789 is false.... so I think I'll go for 2.2~rc3+hg365+dfsg1 Thanks for the hints, Ludovico -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
