What is the proper way of comparing versions of rpms in a bash script? This is actually two questions, what is the proper order, and what is the simplest way of implementing that order. To the first part, is this right? 4.01-3 4.01-3p # letter suffixes sort like strings 4.01-3q 4.1-3p # leading zeros before no leading zero 4.2 4.10 # otherwise numeric part sort as numbers 4.10-4 4.10.3-1 # components separated with dots are "more important" than the dash, i.e. 4.10-4 is a "smaller variation" of 4.10 than 4.10.3 I think I have seen versions with letter prefixes too. How do they sort? ( <rant> And why the heck do people invent such versions strings!! </rant> ) Regards, Enrique _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
