Re: How to 'Require' a version on a certain branch

[Rex Dieter <rdieter math unl edu>]

Julian Cowley wrote:

> I have a question about how to get Require to require a package in a
> certain branch rather than a specific version.
> 
> Can I require that a package start with a certain version, but be any
> version within that branch?  For instance, I want to require version 1.1
> and let 1.1, 1.1.0, 1.1.1 satisfy the requirement (but not 1.2, say).
> 
> Is this possible?

Not really (afaik).

One way to do accomplish something cloes to what you're asking... is to make
Package foo include (something like)
Provides: foo11

and for Package bar
Requires: foo11

-- Rex