On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Kai Hendry wrote: > > monty:~% dpkg --compare-versions 1.10.0 gt 1.2.0 && echo true > true
Right, but: $ dpkg --compare-versions 1.002 gt 1.1 && echo true true ...which is what Marcos was describing as a bug. > In those accidental cases Debian uses an epoch. So a subsequent update > to a mistake like "110" is "1:1.1.1" And what happens if you typo the epoch and now you have 11:1.1? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
