On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 09:04:16AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote:
> The ~ character can be used in package versions, so that x.y~pre1-1 <<
> x.y-1, but it's currently not used and lintian complains about
> it. nevertheless it seems to work. can this notation already be used
> for packages, which could be part of sarge?
When this was being added I believe it was agreed that we had to wait
until after sarge before using it. If you use it in sarge you'll break
upgrades from woody, since woody's dselect and apt will think the new
version numbers are syntax errors.
> what are the required versions of dpkg and apt to use this notation?
dpkg (1.10) unstable; urgency=low
[...]
* New version comparison routine that can handle arbitrarily large numbers
and accepts `~' as a low-sorting character. Closes: Bug#93386
[...]
-- Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fri, 21 Jun 2002 21:53:15 +0200
apt (0.5.11) unstable; urgency=low
[...]
* Patch from Koblinger Egmont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to fix version
comparisons with '~' (Closes: #205960)
[...]
-- Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:41:28 -0400
apt (0.5.5) unstable; urgency=low
* New deb version compare function, that has no integer limits, and
supports pre-versions using ~. Code ported from dpkg.
[...]
-- Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 27 Apr 2003 01:23:12 -0500
Cheers,
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Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
