Version comparison algorithm

Fri Nov 24 13:02:25 PST 2006

Em Sex, 2006-11-24 às 18:44 -0200, Gustavo Niemeyer escreveu:

> > So tell me some _elegeant_ way to circumvent it. %version should
> > remain the same and %release should not really include 999 to
> > override the 23 at all cost.
> 
> You may use the epoch.  It's made to solve that kind of problem.

Or invert the release. Like 37jan instead of jan37. :)

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