Re: version.dfsg

On Friday 14 November 2008 19:33:41 Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote: > > Why is version 1.0.18a.dfsg considered OLDER than 1.0.18.dfsg? > > > > $ dpkg --compare-versions 1.0.18a.dfsg-1 gt 1.0.18.dfsg-1 ; echo $? > > 1 > > > > If not adding the ".dfsg", the result is as expected (1.0.18a > 1.0.18) : > > >

Creating a transition package for source and binary switching

Hi, I wanted to ask how to do a transition package the right way. Current situation is that there is a package with 3:1.1-2 in debian which changed the name and version numbering slightly. Now I wanted to create a package with the new package. Should I now add a new source package with the new b