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Re: Debian package non-strict equal dependencies



Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 05:58:48PM +0300, Dmitrii Kashin wrote:
>> Hm. It seems to be a solution. But I don't really understand how version
>> comparison works with symbols `.', `~' and `+'. Where can I read
>> comparison rules?
>
> This is the specification for version comparison rules in Debian:
>
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version
>
> You can test comparisons like this:
>
>     dpkg --compare-versions 1.2.3-1 '>>' '1.2.3~'

Got everything. Thank you!


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