On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, David Brownlee wrote:
> > 	I'm happy if we go for either nb<X> or name-vers-pkgrev, as
> > 	long as we pick one. nb<X> is probably a better bet for 1.4.2
> > 	though... :/
> 
> Yes - how will you evaluate <vers>nb<X> ?
> 
> esp. as   <vers>  <  <vers>nb<1>  <  <vers+1>
> 
> which makes it impossible to treat "nb" just like a simple ".".
> 
	Agreed - I think I mentioned it in my other mail to tech-pkg

        iff the first components match, compare the second.
	
	It was a couple of minutes work in perl, and dropped into
	the latest lintpkgsrc.pl.

	



		David/absolute