GNU bug report logs - #49503
Mention workarounds, so one could achieve the Debian version sorting algorithm

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 11:24:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 49503-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 49503-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49503: Mention workarounds, so one could achieve the Debian
 version sorting algorithm
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:07:37 -0800

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 7/10/21 02:23, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> (info "(coreutils) Differences from the official Debian Algorithm") and
> (info "(coreutils) Minus/Hyphen and Colon characters")
> could mention workarounds, so one could indeed achieve the Debian
> Algorithm.
> Or mention the only way is to use
> dpkg --compare-versions
> (on pairs only.)

Thanks for mentioning that. I looked over the version-sort doc and fixed 
that problem along with some other stuff I noticed while in the 
neighborhood, by installing the attached patch.
[0001-doc-improve-version-sort-doc.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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