> > On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 09:26:22 -0400 (EDT), James Olin Oden > <joden@lee.k12.nc.us> wrote: > > >This could be extended further such that a rpm could provide a function > >that comparies versions (kind of like passing a function to the sort > >routines that understands how to discern the magnitude of the objects > >to be sorted). This is a completely rough idea (i.e. there are many > >details to be worked out), but it seems feasible to the naive (-; > > > >Anyway, what do you think (you being anyone that cares)? > > I've thought about this before. The biggest problem I see is what do you do > when two packages specify different functions? E.g. foo version 1.05 > specifies integer comparisons and foo version 1.3 specifies floating point > comparisons. Right. I was thinking about that, also. I am not sure what one should do in that case. I almost want to say assume the package being installed is newest...almost. That problem gets even worse when you allow arbitrary functions that compare versions. I would guess that the problem would not occur fairly often, though. When this occurs, perhaps --force would be the appropriate thing to do. On the other hand if tommorow Perl went to an integer versioning scheme you could have a real mess...sigh. ...james > > Ganesh > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-devel-list mailing list > Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
