Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@bayour.com> writes: > Checking the 'wheezy' and 'jessie' packages: > > $ dpkg --compare-versions 0.6.4-1.1-1-wheezy lt 0.6.4-1.1-1; echo $? > 1 > $ dpkg --compare-versions 0.6.4-12-0c60cc-wheezy lt 0.6.4-12-0c60cc; echo $? > 1 > > So ISN'T true! What did I miss? Never did work like that. Just to prove the point, on a lenny system (as I'd expect) I also get: =-=-=-=- phil@apu:~$ dpkg --version Debian `dpkg' package management program version 1.14.31 (i386). This is free software; see the GNU General Public License version 2 or later for copying conditions. There is NO warranty. See dpkg --license for copyright and license details. phil@apu:~$ dpkg --compare-versions 0.6.4-1.1-1-wheezy lt 0.6.4-1.1-1; echo $? 1 phil@apu:~$ dpkg --compare-versions 0.6.4-12-0c60cc-wheezy lt 0.6.4-12-0c60cc; echo $? 1 =-=-=-=- could you perhaps have been using a terminal with fonts that make ~ (tilde) and - (minus) difficult to distinguish? Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] HANDS.COM Ltd. |-| http://www.hands.com/ http://ftp.uk.debian.org/ |(| Hugo-Klemm-Strasse 34, 21075 Hamburg, GERMANY
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