[Pkg-tcltk-devel] Bug#628436: Please disallow tclsh8.4 as an alternative for the tclsh command

[Jonathan Nieder]

Hi,

Francesco P. Lovergine wrote:
> On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 05:20:36PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

>> The weird "8.4.19-4." versions in dpkg --compare-versions expressions
>> are to ensure numbers like 8.4.19-4ubuntu1 and 8.4.19-4+b1 are below
>> and 8.4.19-4.1 is above.
>
> Use 8.4.19-4~

That would let the alternatives leak in 8.4.19-4 → 8.4.19-5 upgrades.
Perhaps the comparison should be against 8.4.19-5 or 8.4.19-5~?