On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-18 12:32]: > > > Yes, this was clearly the intention, but the behaviour doesn't match. > > > > OK, I see the problem. It's hitting the end of the string before it > > compares the '~', so the shorter version number (3.0) is considered smaller > > than the longer (3.0~rc1). It works in dpkg because it continues its > > comparison onto the terminating null byte. The interface for apt, though, > > is such that the string doesn't need to be null terminated at this point. > > I'll see about fixing it. > > Is it possible to have a set of regression tests for these kind of > things?
I have plans, for the new dpkg, to export this version compare thru a library, that hopefully apt can link to. I also have plans to have tons of test cases for the new code base. Oh, and I'm not even calling certain people c++ weenies. :)
