On Tue, Mar 03, 1998 at 10:52:13AM -0500, Christian Hudon wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 03, Dale Scheetz wrote
> >
> > Format: 1.5
> > Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 19:02:48 -0500
> > Source: glibc
> > Binary: timezones libc6 libc6-pic libc6-dbg locales libc6-doc libc6-dev
> > Architecture: source i386 all
> > Version: 2.0.7pre1-3
>
> Ugh. There really should be something in the Policy Manual against using
> 'pre'. It doesn't seem to be a widely known fact, but according to dpkg:
>
> $dpkg --compare-versions 2.0.7pre-3 lt 2.0.7-4 || echo 'Uhoh... 2.0.7pre-4 >
> 2.0.7-5'
> Huhoh... 2.0.7pre-4 > 2.0.7-5
>
> Well, I suppose one could use 'rel' instead of an epoch:
>
> $dpkg --compare-versions 2.0.7pre-3 lt 2.0.7rel-1 && echo Everything ok.
> Everything ok.
>
> But in the future, either dpkg should be changed to understand 'pre'
> correctly or people should be warned against it.
It's already in the packaging manual. Is that enough?
Adam Klein
