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Mention workarounds, so one could achieve the Debian version sorting algorithm

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49503: closed (Mention workarounds, so one could achieve the
 Debian version sorting algorithm)
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 19:08:01 +0000

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Mention workarounds, so one could achieve the Debian version
 sorting algorithm
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 17:23:36 +0800

(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.)

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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

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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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