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Re: dpkg doing wrong math (0.09 = 0.9) ?- [was: dak now supports ~ in version numbers]



On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 08:37:47PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 02:21:04AM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote:
> > * Roberto C. Sanchez [Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:47:36 -0400]:
> > 
> > > Except that the final comparison ignores that the number was to the
> > > right of the decimal, making the zero significant. 
> > 
> > Er, read Policy 5.6.12.
> > 
> I have read it.  I was simply speaking from a mathematical perspective.

But a mathematical perspective is wrong, because it does not tell how
to interpret 1.1.1

Version numbers are not floats.

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