On 2019-06-26 12:25:26 -0600, Assaf Gordon wrote: > "ls -v" and "sort -V" (coreutils' version sort) behaves differently than > other implementations in regards to minus character: > > $ printf "%s\n" abb ab-cd | sort -V > abb > ab-cd > > $ v1="abb" > $ v2="ab-cd" > $ dpkg --compare-versions "$v1" lt "$v2" && printf "$v1\n$v2\n" || printf > "$v2\n$v1\n" > ab-cd > abb > > If I understand correctly, > The reason is that in Debian's version comparison algorithm [1], the minus > character has a special meaning: it separates the "upstream version" > part from the "debian revision" part.
Note that I'm not using "ls -v" to sort version numbers, just filenames (which can contain integers in decimal notation). -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
