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FS#2244 - Version Bug of pacman

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Cary (tx-cary) - Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 00:58 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture not specified
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

When I update my kmplayer, pacman said:
kmplayer: local version (0.8.4-1) is newer than repo version (0.8.4a-1)

But in fact, 0.8.4a is newer then 0.8.4. So, you must optimize the algorithm of pacman that analyzing the version string of packages, I think.
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Closed by  Judd Vinet (judd)
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 18:40 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Comment by Judd Vinet (judd) - Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 18:40 GMT
But then what about packages that use the letter 'a' to denote alpha and 'b' to denote beta?

Many packages have 0.81b (beta) which then graduates to 0.81 (final).

That was the understanding when creating the version comparison algorithm, so it will have to stay that way or more comparisons will be wrong.

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