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From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 12:38:57PM -0500, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 07:17:16PM +0200, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> > Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> > 
> > >On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 06:24:47PM -0700, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> > >
> > >> Introduce '*' as the lowest possible version number, so that
> > >>   >=2.* <3.*
> > >> matches all 2.X versions, even alpha.
> > >
> > >How is this different from  ` >=2.a <3.a ' ?
> > 
> > It matches 2.a.b, does not match 3.a.b2
> 
> *scratches head*   I still don't see a difference.
> 
>    2.a <= 2.a.b < 3.a
>    2.a <= 3.a   < 3.a.b2

*blink* Oh, wait, I got that wrong.  2.a > 2.a.b and 3.a >
3.a.b2.  Except that version names such as `2.a.b' and `3.a.b2' are
unacceptable.

> > and is more similar to >=2.X than >= 2.a is. 
> 
> How so?  Maybe you mean to say that 2.a > 2.* ?
> I find that rather confusing.

I think I'm with you now.  `*' is not a version number, but a glob?

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques Vidrine / nectar@celabo.org / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@freebsd.org