Subject: bug#37556: gpg "-unknown" version string

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:46:47 +0300

> From: Juanma Barranquero <[email-masked]>
> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 09:49:06 +0200
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
> 
> Chopping would mean that 2.2.17 and 2.2.17-unknown are equal, but currently 2.2.17-unknown (in epg) is less
> than 2.2.17.

You are saying that -unknown is in this case the same as -alpha.  My
problem is how to be sure this is the case everywhere where -unknown
could be used.