[Bug 1128090] [NEW] update manager tries to reinstall old version of gtk-gnutella

Rob 1128090 at bugs.launchpad.net
Sun Feb 17 13:27:54 UTC 2013


Public bug reported:

I have gtk-gnutella version 0.98-4 installed. I installed it from the
gtk-gnutella site. Update manager insists that it has a newer version
0.98.2 and keeps offering to install it each day. I think the problem is
that the gtk-nutella developers use the dash in the version number
whereas update manager uses a dot. Since dash is earlier than dot in the
ASCII order, "-4" appears to be earlier than ".2". Would it be possible
for update manager to be made to give equal weight to dot and dash in
version numbers? I think this would solve a very annoying daily task.
Thank you.

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  update manager tries to reinstall old version of gtk-gnutella

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have gtk-gnutella version 0.98-4 installed. I installed it from the
  gtk-gnutella site. Update manager insists that it has a newer version
  0.98.2 and keeps offering to install it each day. I think the problem
  is that the gtk-nutella developers use the dash in the version number
  whereas update manager uses a dot. Since dash is earlier than dot in
  the ASCII order, "-4" appears to be earlier than ".2". Would it be
  possible for update manager to be made to give equal weight to dot and
  dash in version numbers? I think this would solve a very annoying
  daily task. Thank you.

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