Hi, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: > On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 05:20:36PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> The weird "8.4.19-4." versions in dpkg --compare-versions expressions >> are to ensure numbers like 8.4.19-4ubuntu1 and 8.4.19-4+b1 are below >> and 8.4.19-4.1 is above. > > Use 8.4.19-4~ That would let the alternatives leak in 8.4.19-4 → 8.4.19-5 upgrades. Perhaps the comparison should be against 8.4.19-5 or 8.4.19-5~? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
