Pietro Battiston wrote:
> [snip]
>
> pie...@vousci:~$ dpkg --compare-versions 1.41+dfsg-0.1 ge 1.41-3
> pie...@vousci:~$ echo $?
> 0
>
> am I missing something?!
>   
dpkg's manpage / developers' reference / policy / ... specifies that "+
sorts later than anything else"

So, if you want a version *older* than 1.41-3, you would use 1.41~dfsg-1
or the like.
However, it seems that you wanted something like "1.41+dfsg-3.1" or
maybe even (!) 1.41-3+dfsg-3.1


HTH,

    J.L.


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