Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...

[Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>]

ydirson@mygale.org said:
> Dale Scheetz writes:
>  > In the mean time, unless anyone can object within the next several
>  > hours, I will construct and upload a new release of glibc with the
>  > version number: 2.0.7r-1

> I would advise for 2.0.7final instead.  IMHO 2.0.7r looks much like an
> additional patch-level. 

Um.  f comes before p in the alphabet, whereas r comes after p.

  2.0.7final < 2.0.7pre < 2.0.7r

> Craig Sanders writes:
>  > how about using "2.07pre8-1", "2.07pre8-2", and so on for the next set of
>  > glibc pre-releases?
> 
> Seems like it doesn't work:
> 
> $ dpkg --compare-versions 2.07pre8-1 '<<' 2.0.8 && echo yes || echo no
> no

You missed a dot out of the first one (should be 2.0.7pre8-1)

I'd go and get some sleep, or a coffee, if I were you, Yann ;-)

Cheers, Phil.



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