Re: dpkg compare version bug ??

[Paul Dwerryhouse <paul@dwerryhouse.com.au>]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:54:15PM -0800, NewDeb wrote:
> When I try to compare 3.102 to 3.34, I get an incorrect answer as follows. 
> dpkg --compare-versions 3.102 ge 3.34; echo $?
> 0

> However, if I specify 3.34 as 3.340, I get the correct answer as follows:
> dpkg --compare-versions 3.102 ge 3.340; echo $?
> 1

In version notation, .34 and .340 are not the same thing; you need to think
of them as separate numbers (so you're comparing 102 with 34, and 102 with 
340).

Cheers,

Paul


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