#13426: Package Requires and Provides Version Range Comparison Broken
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Reporter: AGMS | Owner: bonefish
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Servers/package_daemon | Version:
| R1/Development
Keywords: version number range comparison | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Has a Patch: 0
Platform: All |
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The comparison of version numbers doesn't take into account that it is a
range comparison, not just a single version number compared against a
range. For example, if Application A's .PackageInfo has:
{{{
provides {
A = 2.53 compatible >= 1.1
app:A = 2.53 compatible >= 1.1
}
}}}
and Application B has:
{{{
requires {
app:A >= 1.0
}
}}}
then pkgman will fail, saying "nothing provides app:A>=1.0 needed by
B-..." though version 2.53 is >= 1.0. For that matter, A can do anything
from 1.1 on up to 2.53, surely one of those versions in that range (like
1.42 to pick one possible one) satisfies B's app:A >= 1.0 requirement?
But make B require app:A >= 1.1 and then it suddenly works as expected.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/13426>
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