> On 3 Jan 2018, at 23:41, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 22:07:22 +0000, Stroller wrote: > >>> If you do want to use versions, I'd recommend using ~ rather than = to >>> pick up patch-level updates. >> >> What do you mean by this exactly, please? > > If you have =foo-1.0 matches only foo-1.0, if a patched version is > released as foo-1.0-r1, you won't get it. With ~foo-1.0 you will. > > Neither will match foo-1.1
I would have guessed "~" means "approximate", but this is what I don't want. If I want to recompile my kernel I'll choose the latest version and download the full sources. Stroller.
