On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Dan Stromberg wrote:-
Vladimir Nadvornik wrote:
Yes, converting everything to numbers is probably the most safe way. Some project use something like 3.0.99.2 for 3.1-RC2.
How high can the numbers go?
Is a number like 8000 safe?
I certainly think so, especially since rpm treats the version "number"
is treat as a plain text string. For example, I've one package where the
upstream version number is a ten digit number:
davjam@davids:~> rpm -qi wtf
Name : wtf Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 20051104 Vendor: (none)
Release : 1.suse93 Build Date: Mon 16 Oct 2006 07:58:00 BST
Install date: Sat 03 Nov 2007 13:45:59 GMT Build Host: davids.davjam.org
Group : Amusements/Toys Source RPM: wtf-20051104-1.suse93.src.rpm
Size : 18466 License: Public domain
Signature : (none)
Packager : David Bolt