gnome ecosystem: Git package versioning is poorly thought out and breaks vercmp
| Task Info (Flyspray) | |
|---|---|
| Opened By | Mantas Mikulėnas (grawity) |
| Task ID | 60830 |
| Type | General Gripe |
| Project | Arch Linux |
| Category | Packages: Extra |
| Version | None |
| OS | All |
| Opened | 2018-11-16 19:59:42 UTC |
| Status | Unassigned |
Details
The problem with just doing the simple s/-/+/g is that vercmp treats + identically to . and therefore the resulting version number is 'newer' than actual point releases:
"warning: zeitgeist: local (1.0+1+g1bcc8585-2) is newer than extra (1.0.1-1)"
Adding some letters would avoid this problem (unless you like bumping epoch every time this happens). My favourite is:
pkgver() { cd $pkgname; git describe --tags | sed 's/-/.r/; s/-/./g'; }
This would result in 1.0.r1.g1bcc8585-2, which correctly compares as 'older' than 1.0.1-1 (and I like the dots, but it works equally well with +'s).
Activity
Added 2018-11-16 20:04:49 UTC - Commented by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz)
$ vercmp 1.0+1+g1bcc8585-2 1.0.1.g1bcc8585-2 0
Also see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=241987
The entire gnome stack really needs this change.
The AUR has had guidelines which describe using the "r", and recommend using a dot over a plus, since makepkg originally got native support for -git packages. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VCS_package_guidelines#Git
It's been fairly well tested, since -git packages actually hit this sort of issue all the time.
Added 2023-08-08 19:11:45 UTC - Commented by Buggy McBugFace (bugbot)
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assigned to @morganamilo, @toolybird, and @thurstylark
@heftig @fabiscafe I dont feel competent enough to comment on this, can this be closed?
closed with commit 3417ba52
