Re: beta version numbers?
> On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 05:20:30AM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 12:00:13AM +0000, Bradley Bell wrote:
> > > has the issue of using things like alpha, beta, and pre in
> > > version numbers
> > > ever been resolved? The packaging manual says not to use epochs, so what
> > > should we do to make 1.0beta < 1.0?
> >
> > 1.0beta6 -> 1-0beta6-1
> > 1.0 -> 1.0-1
> >
> > knghtbrd@icarus2:~$ dpkg --compare-versions 1-0beta6-1 lt 1.0-1 \
> > > && echo true || echo false
> > true
>
> Hmm, but how about an 1.2beta6 ?
How about 1.2-beta6 lt 1.2.0? Works 'cos '-' < '.'.
Julian
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