Re: C routine that compares debian package versions

[Miguel Griffa <mgriffa@technisys.com.ar>]

At 04:14 p.m. 11/07/01 +0200, Alex Suzuki wrote:
> Hello debian users,
>
> I'm currently writing a small program in C that is supposed to
> show me which packages I have from woody and which ones from
> sid (my system is actually a mix of both of them).
> Now, a problem I am likely to encounter soon are the version
> numbers. Do the follow some kind of scheme?
>
> For instance, package ssh
> ssh 1:1.2.3-9.3
>
> If I had the version string saved somewhere, and an other
> one like 1:1.2.3-9.4, how can I compare them, is there a
> function that can do this?

mmm...  wouldn't just strcmp work?




> TIA
> Alex
> --
> Alex Suzuki_________________________________.
> :: Email:      asuzuki@bluewin.ch           ¦
> :: WWW:        http://www.cynox.ch          ¦
> :: Linux shop: http://www.cynox.ch/isoshop/ ¦
>
>
> --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org