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Re: Debian package non-strict equal dependencies



On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 05:58:48PM +0300, Dmitrii Kashin wrote:
> Hm. It seems to be a solution. But I don't really understand how version
> comparison works with symbols `.', `~' and `+'. Where can I read
> comparison rules?

This is the specification for version comparison rules in Debian:

https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version

You can test comparisons like this:

    dpkg --compare-versions 1.2.3-1 '>>' '1.2.3~'

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