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Re: depends for *exact* upstream matches?



Mark Eichin <eichin@cygnus.com> writes:

> The GNAT (GNU NYU Ada Translator) package is almost done, I have
> explored some interesting corners of package building in working with
> the new tools. (all in all, they're very nice, now that I've mostly
> figured out which things they do and which they don't :-) The real
> question, though: is
> 	Depends: gcc (>= 2.7.2.1), gcc (<< 2.7.2.2)
> a correct way to indicate that I want exactly 2.7.2.1 upstream
> release, but I don't care what debian revision? As far as I can tell
> it *works* but I haven't tested it with a gcc upgrade, for example.

>From dpkg programmers' manual:
   The relations allowed are <<, <=, =, >= and >> for strictly earlier,
   earlier or equal, exactly equal, later or equal and strictly later,
   respectively.

	Sven
-- 
Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de> ; WWW : http://www.sax.de/~sr1/


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