> In case you were not aware of it, pacman provides an executable named "vercmp"
> to compare versions. It also provides a vercmp manpage to explain how ALPM's
> version comparison function works.
>
> $ vercmp 2.1_1 2.1.1_0
> -1
I wasn't aware, thanks for the tip!
> The underscore system seems t
On 2015-04-30 08:25 +0200
Fabien Dubosson wrote:
>> The issue I'm worried about is that of trailing zeroes. Is 2.1_1 < 2.1.1_0?
>
>warning: downgrading package dummy (2.1.1_0-1 => 2.1_1-1)
In case you were not aware of it, pacman provides an executable named "vercmp"
to compare versions. It also
On 30/04/15 06:55, Fabien Dubosson wrote:
> The `pkgrel' must be an integer incremented by 1, but there are no
> defined format for `pkgver'. So why not using `pkgver_xrev-pkgrel' in
> which `pkgver_xrev' is the `pkgver' defined in the PKGBUILD? It is
> allowed to do so, will be strictly incrementi
> The issue I'm worried about is that of trailing zeroes. Is 2.1_1 < 2.1.1_0?
Seems so:
===
$ mkdir TEMP; cd TEMP
$ cat << EOL > PKGBUILD
pkgname=dummy
pkgver=2.1.1_0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="dummy package"
arch=(any)
url="http://";
license=('GPL')
source=()
md5sums=()
packag
On 30 April 2015 at 07:55, Fabien Dubosson wrote:
>> So, instead of dealing with a pair of `(pgkver, pkgrel)` we now have a
>> triple of `(pkgver,xrev,pkgrel)`. The issue then becomes how to
>> convert this triple into a pair. In particular, how to do it so the
>> version ordering rules that `pa
> So, instead of dealing with a pair of `(pgkver, pkgrel)` we now have a
> triple of `(pkgver,xrev,pkgrel)`. The issue then becomes how to
> convert this triple into a pair. In particular, how to do it so the
> version ordering rules that `pacman` uses results in the wanted
> behaviour.
The `pkg
On 30 April 2015 at 01:10, Xyne wrote:
> On 2015-04-29 22:11 +0200
> Magnus Therning wrote:
>
>>I've slowly been working away on some way to deal with the addition of
>>x-revisions in Cabal files. My plan at the moment is to include it in
>>the `pkgrel` in this way
>>
>> haskell-zlib-0.5.4.2-76-
On 2015-04-29 22:11 +0200
Magnus Therning wrote:
>I've slowly been working away on some way to deal with the addition of
>x-revisions in Cabal files. My plan at the moment is to include it in
>the `pkgrel` in this way
>
> haskell-zlib-0.5.4.2-76-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
>
>becomes
>
> haskell-zlib-0.5
I've slowly been working away on some way to deal with the addition of
x-revisions in Cabal files. My plan at the moment is to include it in
the `pkgrel` in this way
haskell-zlib-0.5.4.2-76-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
becomes
haskell-zlib-0.5.4.2-0.76-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
given that the x-revision is 0
