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linux-libre@4.1 should select 4.1.x, not 4.13.x

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Subject: bug#28446: closed (Re: bug#28446: linux-libre <at> 4.1 should select
 4.1.x, not 4.13.x)
Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 11:32:01 +0000

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Your bug report

#28446: linux-libre <at> 4.1 should select 4.1.x, not 4.13.x

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, 28446-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28446: linux-libre <at> 4.1 should select 4.1.x, not 4.13.x
Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 13:31:08 +0200

Hello,

Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> skribis:

> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> writes:
>
>>> Currently, the package specification "linux-libre <at> 4.1" selects version
>>> 4.13.  It should instead select version 4.1.
>>
>> We consider everthing following the “@” a version string prefix.  Since
>> versions are arbitrary strings “4.1” is considered a valid prefix of
>> “4.13”.  If a user supplied the version string “4.1.” they would get the
>> appropriate package.

I pushed a fix that I think does what we want as
348987d3d12ebaf11fdbcc3dbd56585e7d69a1f5.

Basically ‘version-prefix?’ splits a version string at dots and compares
whole components.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: linux-libre <at> 4.1 should select 4.1.x, not 4.13.x
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:07:32 -0400

Currently, the package specification "linux-libre <at> 4.1" selects version
4.13.  It should instead select version 4.1.

      Mark

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