Bug#35968: apt: Whitespace significant in version comparison
Package: apt
Version: 0.3.4
Apt is taking whitespace following the version number to be significant
when comparing versions. An example is in python-gnome 1.0.1-1.1, which
has a dependancy of Depends: python-gtk (>= 0.5.12-1.1 )
Apt treats the trailing whitespace within the parenthesis as significant,
which is contrary to the Debian Packaging manual, section 8.1:
Whitespace may appear at any point in the version specification,
and must appear where it's necessary to disambiguate; it is not
otherwise significant.
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux turd 2.2.4 #1 Wed Mar 24 01:30:32 EST 1999 i586 unknown
Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.1-0.2 GNU C Library: shared libraries
ii libstdc++2.9 2.91.61-1 The GNU stdc++ library (egcs version)
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