Bug#35968: apt: Whitespace significant in version comparison

[mblevin@debian.org]

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)