On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 11:10:26PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > James Mastros writes: > > Package it as version 1:1.1; next time package as 1:2.0.2, which will > > give the ordering you're looking for. (The 1: is an "era"; it won't > > normaly get displayed. Made for just this sort of thing.) > > It's an "epoch", I believe. I know about epochs, but I've never seen > anyone suggest using them without meeting with cries of outrage. Thus I > would like to avoid them if at all possible. > > I am also just a bit astonished by the notion that 1.1 < 1.02.
Numerically this is the same as saying 1.1 < 1.2 or 1.01 < 1.02. Dpkg is checking numerically, as it should. Just think about that 1 = 01 = 001 = 0001 .... -- ----- -- - -------- --------- ---- ------- ----- - - --- -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux OpenLDAP Dev - [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Choice of the GNU Generation ------ -- ----- - - ------- ------- -- ---- - -------- - --- ---- - --
