GNU bug report logs - #68274
automake 1.16j nonnumerical version confuses scripts

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Carl Hansen <carlhansen <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2024 04:05:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: carlhansen <at> gnu.org
Cc: 68274 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#68274: automake 1.16j nonnumerical version confuses scripts
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2024 15:37:05 -0700

Carl - sorry, you'll need to adjust your script.  Automake and other
packages have used letters for pretests for decades, and it's not
plausible to change now.

Also, I have the impression that other packages use random git hexids in
their pretest releases, which aren't numeric either. -k
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