Re: depends for *exact* upstream matches?
Mark Eichin <eichin@cygnus.com> writes:
> 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?
It'll work, but might be thwarted. What if gcc releases 2.7.2.1.1?
After all, they released 2.7.2.1 after 2.7.2. In addition to the
above dependency, you can check in the postinst.
set -e
dpkg -s gcc | \
perl -ne 'die "wrong version\n" if /^Version:\s*(.*)-[^-]*/ && $1 ne "2.7.2.1"'
Guy
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