"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <b...@iguanasuicide.net> writes: > On Thursday 28 January 2010 17:34:18 Ben Finney wrote: > > [a version string starting with ‘1.2.4’] would give the impression > > that the source being packaged was “really” version 1.2.4 in some > > sense. I don't get the impression that's true here; the source is > > still version 1.2.3, just packaged in a different way. > > I figures the ~repacked~1.2.3 was probably enough of a tip off. > Doesn't matter to me.
I prefer it to be more obvious than that. If it's version 1.2.3, that should be the start of the version, with addenda if needed. > Yours sort of works: > b...@rei:~% dpkg --compare-versions 1.2.3.ds1-1 lt 1.2.4; echo $? > 0 > b...@rei:~% dpkg --compare-versions 1.2.3.ds1-1 lt 1.2.3.1; echo $? > 1 > > Russ Allbery's is probably best: > b...@rei:~% dpkg --compare-versions 1.2.3+real1-1 lt 1.2.4; echo $? > 0 > b...@rei:~% dpkg --compare-versions 1.2.3+real1-1 lt 1.2.3.1; echo $? > 0 Agreed, the ‘+foo’ addendum style is best in this case. -- \ “As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of | `\ the demand.” —Josh Billings | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
