[Dbconfig-common-devel] dbconfig-common: wrong handling of versions including epoch?

[Michael Ablassmeier]

hi sean,

On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 07:03:26AM -0400, sean finney wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 11:35:35AM +0200, Michael Ablassmeier wrote:
> > [..]
> >  applying upgrade sql for 1.1beta9-2 -> 1:1.1-1.
> >  applying upgrade sql for 1.1beta9-2 -> 1.1beta10.
> >  applying upgrade sql for 1.1beta9-2 -> 1.1beta12.
> > [..]
> > 
> > this is not a problem as the changes from 1.1beta12 to 1:1.1-1 are trivial and
> > do not depend on earlier patches, however, this doesnt seem right to me, the
> > patch for 1:1.1-1 should be applied *after* the patches for 1.1beta10 and
> > 1.1beta12. Am i right?
> 
> i think so, yes.  dbconfig-common should defer to "dpkg --compare-versions"
> for version ordering, 

indeed.

> i'll take a look at fixing that RSN, but feel free to open a bug report
> if you want to know when the fix goes into unstable.

Done that. Im sticking with using 1.1final as version for the Moment. 

bye,
    - michael