On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Yann Dirson wrote: > > What about 1.1 < 1.1--1 ? (ie repeating the - to get the two meanings: > > the first as a seperator, the second as a negative-sign). We don't even > > have to modify dpkg to do that IIRC.. > > Hey, could someone please explain what a *negative* meaning would be > good for ? I think I already argumented against that earlier in this > tread (or was it a private mail to Jason ?), but so far I read no > arguments *in favor of* this.
No, the negative meaning is quite wrong, you simply want a character group that compares lower than any other. Ie 1.2~pre-1 1.2~pre1-2 1.2~2beta-1 1.2 It's purpose is to fix non-numeric compare orders. I don't recall if this comes naturally or not, it's a bit early in the morning for that :| I keep meaning to fix up the compare versions routine, but haven't had the time. And Ians comment that other scripts might blow up because ~ is not encouraging - Guy do you have any thoughts on this? Thanks, Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
