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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: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Subject: bug#49503: closed (Re: bug#49503: Mention workarounds, so one
 could achieve the Debian version sorting algorithm)
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 19:08:01 +0000

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Your bug report

#49503: Mention workarounds, so one could achieve the Debian version sorting algorithm

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

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 49503 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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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.

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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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