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

From: Noam Postavsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 10:25:22 -0400

Juanma Barranquero <[email-masked]> writes:

>> If this is somehow related to gpg, maybe we should chop that before
>> we invoke the version-comparison functions, in gpg-related Lisp files
>> only?
>
> 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.

I don't understand why making -unknown equivalent to a lesser version
makes sense.  Shouldn't 2.2.17 and 2.2.17-unknown in fact be equal?