François Pinard writes:
| YaST has some code to compare versions, which it uses while upgrading a
| distribution from a previous one.
|
| I also have, in the Translation Project, code for comparing versions, but as
| new packages get poured int the TP, I keep hitting new versioning schemes.
| Would SuSE be kind enough to share with me the experience they gleaned in
| this area? That might speed up things on my side, maybe, I'm not sure!
Unfortunately, I'm not at all familiar with YaST sources (C++). AFAIK,
we're comparing version numbers and the dates (timestemps of the RPM
packages). Maybe, some pathological cases are hardcoded (new version
while splitting a package, etc.).
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