[translate] web/xml/packaging packaging.en.xml,1.45,1.46

Update of /cvsroot/fink/web/xml/packaging

Modified Files:
	packaging.en.xml 
Log Message:
Added notes about version strings.

Index: packaging.en.xml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/xml/packaging/packaging.en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.45
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -u -d -r1.45 -r1.46
--- packaging.en.xml	4 Aug 2004 08:16:59 -0000	1.45
+++ packaging.en.xml	6 Aug 2004 11:55:57 -0000	1.46
@@ -1273,6 +1273,24 @@
 Same limitations as the Package field.
 Required field.
 </p>
+<p>
+  Note that some programs use nonstandard version numbering schemes
+  that may cause sorting confusion or that contain characters that are
+  not allowed in this field. In these situations, when writing the
+  Fink package, you must convert the upstream value to one that is
+  acceptable and that allows the versions to be arranged in the
+  correct order. When in doubt about how version strings will be
+  sorted, you can use the <code>dpkg</code> command at a shell
+  prompt. For example,
+</p>
+<codeblock>
+  dpkg --compare-versions 1.2.1 lt 1.3 &amp;&amp; echo "true"
+</codeblock>
+<p>
+  will print &quot;true&quot; because version string &quot;1.2.1&quot;
+  is less than &quot;1.3&quot;. See the <code>dpkg</code> manpage for
+  more details.
+</p>
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