On Tue, 05 Apr 2011, Guillem Jover wrote: > The strict parser should only take effect on anything that's not the > status or the available files and --compare-versions.
Not sure I parse your sentence correctly, but --compare-versions uses the strict parser: $ dpkg --compare-versions foo2 eq foo2 dpkg: error: version 'foo2' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org