Re: How to compare the package version?

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <ekalin@gmail.com>]

s. keeling wrote:
> 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         # :-

Does not work if the new version is not installed, though.

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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
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