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bug#49503: Mention workarounds, so one could achieve the Debian version


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#49503: Mention workarounds, so one could achieve the Debian version sorting algorithm
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:07:37 -0800
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On 7/10/21 02:23, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
(info "(coreutils) Differences from the official Debian Algorithm") and
(info "(coreutils) Minus/Hyphen and Colon characters")
could mention workarounds, so one could indeed achieve the Debian
Algorithm.
Or mention the only way is to use
dpkg --compare-versions
(on pairs only.)

Thanks for mentioning that. I looked over the version-sort doc and fixed that problem along with some other stuff I noticed while in the neighborhood, by installing the attached patch.

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