Frank K�ster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, technically this works. But then the version numbers do not > correspond at all to the version numbers used by upstream. And you get > in trouble if upstream changes his packaging and distributes all data in > a single tar.gz: > > dpkg --compare-versions 2004-12-07 lt 3.0; echo $?
You can still use a version like 0.0.0.20041207 (hoping the first upstream release with a real version number will have less than 3 leading zeros...). -- Florent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
