Re: ~ in package versions
>>>>> "os" == Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org> writes:
>>>>> "colin" == Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> writes:
colin> On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 07:04:32PM -0300, Otavio Salvador
colin> wrote:
>>> >>>>> "adam" == Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> writes:
adam> Namely, as you told me on irc, that dak uses ~ internally as
adam> a separator; this obviously conflicts with dpkg's use of it
adam> in versions.
>>>
adam> So, to those wondering, this is more than just removing some
adam> simple forbiddince check. It also requires not just
adam> completely allowing it; ~ can only be allowed for uploads
adam> into testing and unstable.
>>> Well and then what is pending for it?
>>>
>>> - DAK support for it;
colin> Yes.
os> So I'll do a look at it. I'll also add a param on
os> katie.conf to say to DAK if it should allow or not versions
os> using ~.
I did a first version of the patch. It still miss the param to say
witch suite can have the ~ on version field but the rest look
ok. Can someone do a look at it?
The current version can be grabed from:
http://projects.ossystems.com.br/~otavio/dak_allow_tilde.diff
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