Re: package versining problem

Zachary DeAquila writes: > > can dpkg be modified to ignore non-numeric, non-punctuation in the version > numbers/? > lyx, for instance, was originally lyx_pre-10.3_1.deb or somesuch > but is now lyx_10.6_2.deb or something like that. but p>10, so > going to the new version is 'downgrading'. bleh

package versining problem

can dpkg be modified to ignore non-numeric, non-punctuation in the version numbers/? lyx, for instance, was originally lyx_pre-10.3_1.deb or somesuch but is now lyx_10.6_2.deb or something like that. but p>10, so going to the new version is 'downgrading'. bleh. --Z -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS