> The package release field must be pure numeric. I.e. 2.2.2-1, not 2.2.2-b1. > If you want a beta tag on packages then try 2.2.2b-1. The package release > field provides no information about package status, just versioning. Use the > package version field to provide such information. > using release number like 2.2.2-[ab][0-9] has historical reasons and because of the problems of the sourceforge file release system as I wrote in http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2002-07/msg00440.html I can't change this for already released files :-(,
so are there any other possibilities to solve this problem ? Ralf
