AptPkg::Version (3)

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NAME

AptPkg::Version - APT package versioning class

SYNOPSIS

use AptPkg::Version;

DESCRIPTION

The AptPkg::Version module provides an interface to 's package version handling.

AptPkg::Version

The AptPkg::Version package implements the pkgVersioningSystem class.

An instance of the AptPkg::Version class may be fetched using the "versioning" method from an AptPkg::System object.

The following methods are implemented:

label

Return the description of the versioning system, for example:

    Standard .deb

for Debian systems.

compare(A, B)

Compare package version A with B, returning a negative value if A is an earlier version than B, zero if the same or a positive value if A is later.

rel_compare(A, B)

Compare distribution release numbers.

check_dep(

PKG

,

OP

,

DEP

)

Check that the package version

PKG

satisfies the relation

OP

to the dependency version

DEP

.

The relation

OP

is specified in the Debian syntax regardless of the versioning system:

    <<  strictly earlier
    <=  earlier or equal
    =   exactly equal
    >=  later or equal
    >>  strictly later

upstream(

VER

)

Return the upstream component of the given version string.

SEE ALSO

AptPkg::Config(3pm), AptPkg::System(3pm), AptPkg(3pm).

AUTHOR

Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>