dmd 2.065 beta 1 #2

Andrew Edwards ridimz at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 21 17:06:31 PST 2014


On 1/21/14, 6:02 PM, Jordi Sayol wrote:
> El 21/01/14 23:29, Brad Anderson ha escrit:
>>      #.###.~b#  ==> 2.065.b1  // beta
>>      #.###.~rc# ==> 2.065.rc1 // release candidate
>>      #.###.0   ==> 2.065.0   // initial release
>>      #.###.#   ==> 2.065.1   // hotfix
>
> On Debian, "2.065.rc1" is bigger than "2.065.0", so if "dmd_2.065.rc1-0_amd64.deb" is installed and you try to upgrade to "dmd_2.065.0-0_amd64.deb", system will answer something like "You have installed a newer version".
>
> No problem if these deb packages are for internal use and test, but not for a public download.
>
> $ dpkg --compare-versions "2.065.0" gt "2.065.rc1" && echo "Bigger" || echo "Not bigger"
>

Apparently the same problem exists on FreeBSD. The first solution that 
comes to mind is to prefix the qualifiers for betas and release 
candidates with a tilde. As such:

	2.065~b1
	2.065~rc1

or:

	2.065.~b1
	2.065.~rc1

This solution works on both Ubuntu and FreeBSD but I'm not sure it is 
the right one. Suggestions are welcomed.

Regards,
Andrew


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