Erick Branderhorst writes ("Re: Bug#2060: dpkg and depends on version again"):
> > How about
> > <= => for less/greater than or equal to
> Ok
> > << >> for strictly less/greater thani
> Ok
> > < > for less/greater than or equal
> > How about
> > <= => for less/greater than or equal to
> Ok
> > << >> for strictly less/greater thani
> Ok
> > < > for less/greater than or equal to (backwards compatibility,
> > generates warning from dpkg-deb)
> Ok but an fatal error from dpkg-deb would be better than just a warn
> How about
> <= => for less/greater than or equal to
Ok
> << >> for strictly less/greater thani
Ok
> < > for less/greater than or equal to (backwards compatibility,
> generates warning from dpkg-deb)
Ok but an fatal error from dpkg-deb would be better than just a warning.
> = fo
Erick Branderhorst writes ("Bug#2060: dpkg and depends on version again"):
> [...] The ">" character is misleading and in practice it is
> interpretated by dpkg as ">=". I would suggest to change the syntax
> used in Depends/Conflict/Provides/Recommen
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.0.8
I have three test packages foo (1.0-0), foo (1.0-1) and bar (1.0-0).
Table 1: current interpretation by dpkg
Package Version Depends Depends (in words)
foo 1.0-0 bar (>1.0-0) bar with version higher than 1.0-0
foo 1.0-1 bar (>1.0-1) bar with version
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