Re: cpufreqd braindamaged versions
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:41:48AM +0100, Mattia Dongili wrote:
> actually it's me who did the Stupid Thing(TM). :)
>
> I packaged cpufreqd version 1.1-rc1 and called it 1.1-rc-1, now 1.1 is
> out...
>
> but
>
> # if `dpkg --compare-versions 1.1-rc-1 lt 1.1-1` ; then echo "1" ; fi
> #
>
> ouch! I'm looking around for similar problems (I _can't_ be the first
> :)) but still haven't found anything.
>
> the less ugly debian version name I found is *1.1.final-1*. Is it ok or
> has anybody a better suggestion?
You have to decide if you are going to do this sort of thing all the
time or not. If it this is a once-off, I'd use an epoch. If packaging
rc versions is going to be a regular thing, then you need to decide how
to put your versions so the rc one appear older than the releases.
Most solutions to this sort of problem have their own problems.
- Craig
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