From e8a2c2545608c556cb65d96e7015a1d09d8b3890 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan McGee Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:29:14 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] doc/vercmp: add note about pkgrel handling This comes from the Doxygen function documentation. Also, fix two rather silly misspellings. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee --- doc/vercmp.8.txt | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/vercmp.8.txt b/doc/vercmp.8.txt index 4b0490fa..6b94f3e4 100644 --- a/doc/vercmp.8.txt +++ b/doc/vercmp.8.txt @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ vercmp(8) Name ---- -vercmp - version comparsion utility +vercmp - version comparison utility Synopsis @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ numbers. It outputs values as follows: * = 0 : if ver1 == ver2 * > 0 : if ver1 > ver2 -Version comparsion operates as follows: +Version comparison operates as follows: Alphanumeric: 1.0a < 1.0b < 1.0beta < 1.0p < 1.0pre < 1.0rc < 1.0 < 1.0.a < 1.0.1 @@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ overrule any version comparison (unless the epoch values are equal). This is specified in an `epoch:version-rel` format. For example, `2:1.0-1` is always greater than `1:3.6-1`. +Keep in mind that the 'pkgrel' is only compared if it is available on both +versions given to this tool. For example, comparing `1.5-1` and `1.5` will +yield 0; comparing `1.5-1` and `1.5-2` will yield < 0 as expected. This is +mainly for supporting versioned dependencies that do not include the 'pkgrel'. + Options ------- -- 2.11.4.GIT