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RPM Version Number Sort Logic
- From: David Christensen <David_Christensen Phoenix com>
- To: rpm-list redhat com
- Subject: RPM Version Number Sort Logic
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 11:21:48 -0700
Reading "Maximum RPM", as long as there is no dash in the version number,
RPM should be able to handle version number correctly. In a situation where
an older version is numbered 1.6.031 and a newer verision is numbered
1.61.032, will RPM handle this correctly when asked to do an update?
Numerically, 61 is greater than 6 so it should be newer, but using an ASCII
sort, "1.6." is earlier than "1.61".
David Christensen
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