[kernel] r17172 - in dists/trunk/linux-base: debian man

[Ben Hutchings]

Author: benh
Date: Fri Apr  1 02:58:01 2011
New Revision: 17172

Log:
Refer consistently to version strings, not version numbers

Modified:
   dists/trunk/linux-base/debian/changelog
   dists/trunk/linux-base/man/linux-version.1

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-base/debian/changelog
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-base/debian/changelog	Fri Apr  1 02:49:40 2011	(r17171)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-base/debian/changelog	Fri Apr  1 02:58:01 2011	(r17172)
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 linux-base (3.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * Add the linux-version command, providing compare and sort operations
-    on Linux kernel version numbers
+    on Linux kernel version strings
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>  Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:43:12 +0100
 

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-base/man/linux-version.1
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-base/man/linux-version.1	Fri Apr  1 02:49:40 2011	(r17171)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-base/man/linux-version.1	Fri Apr  1 02:58:01 2011	(r17172)
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 strings.
 .TP
 .BI compare \ VERSION1\ OP\ VERSION2
-Compare version numbers, where \fIOP\fP is a binary
+Compare version strings, where \fIOP\fP is a binary
 operator. \fBlinux\-version\fP returns success (zero result) if the
 specified condition is satisfied, and failure (nonzero result)
 otherwise.  The valid operators are: \fBlt le eq ne ge gt\fP
 .TP
 \fBsort\fR [\fB\-\-reverse\fR] \fIVERSION1 VERSION2\fR ...
-Sort the given version numbers and print them in order from lowest to
+Sort the given version strings and print them in order from lowest to
 highest.  If the \fB\-\-reverse\fR option is used, print them in order
 from highest to lowest.
 .TP