Re: How to compare the package version?
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <ekalin@gmail.com>:
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 10:55 PM, hhding <hhding.gnu@gmail.com> wrote:
> > hi list
> >
> > Assume I have installed gcc-4.1 with version 4.1.2-15, and some
> > application need gcc with version greater than 4.1.2-18. How can I check
> > and compare the installed gcc version in debian way then decide install
> > the new version or not? I have read the debian policy manual, but no
> > version compare tool or command is mentioned.
>
> If you want to see the changes between the versions, you can open
> aptitude, select the gcc-4.1 package and press 'C' (or was it a
> lowercase 'c'?) to view the changelog of the package. This hopefully
locate changelog.gz | grep whatever # :-)
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