Bug#194327: Version comparing is buggy (apt thinks III-alpha9.8 is bigger than III-alpha9.8-1.5)

[Koblinger Egmont <egmont@uhulinux.hu>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.5.1

With apt-0.5.4 everything was okay for me, "apt-get upgrade" upgraded my
system without any trouble.

However, after upgrading apt to either 0.5.5 or 0.5.5.1, I get the
following error message for an "apt-get upgrade":

Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  gstreamer-plugins: Depends: cdparanoia (>= III-alpha9.8) but III-alpha9.8-1.5 is installed
  kdemultimedia: Depends: cdparanoia (>= III-alpha9.8) but III-alpha9.8-1.5 is installed
  mplayer: Depends: cdparanoia (>= III-alpha9.8) but III-alpha9.8-1.5 is installed
  nautilus2: Depends: cdparanoia (>= III-alpha9.8) but III-alpha9.8-1.5 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

So, there's something wrong with version number comparing.


(In case you might wonder... this is not a Debian system, only a
dpkg/apt-based distribution, without any patches to apt.)



cheers,

Egmont