Re: binary NMUs and version numbers

[Wouter Verhelst <wouter@grep.be>]

Op vr, 26-11-2004 te 06:05 +0000, schreef Scott James Remnant:
> On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 15:52 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 05:24:58PM +0000, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> > >  2) Everything after the operator, including the operator itself be
> > >     stripped during version comparisons.
> > 
> > >     e.g. 1.2-1^1 == 1.2-1
> > 
> > Wouldn't this make automatic upgrades to binary NMUs cumbersome?  You'd need
> > a separate version comparison routine for deciding whether to upgrade the
> > package, than for deciding whether package relationships are satisfied.
> > 
> Yeah, you'd have to vary exactly how it compared depending on the
> circumstances of the comparison.  It was an idea, I didn't say it was a
> *good* idea :o)
> 
> Maybe we should look at why this is needed?  binary-all packages
> depending on a binary-any package from the same source with
> Depends: (= ${Source-Version})
> 
> Is there any way we can eliminate the need to do *that*?

The answer is, I think, that 

foo_1.2-1^1 == bar_1.2-1

if bar is Architecture: all; but

foo_1.2-1^1 >> bar_1.2-1

if bar is Architecture: any

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