This includes info on version comparison that is very similar to the stuff in the pacman manpage, but also a few vercmp examples, the return values, and other fun stuff. Also update the version comparison stuff in the pacman manpage. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> --- doc/Makefile.am | 4 +++ doc/index.txt | 1 + doc/pacman.8.txt | 6 +++- doc/vercmp.8.txt | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 doc/vercmp.8.txt diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am index 6405cf0..b708d3f 100644 --- a/doc/Makefile.am +++ b/doc/Makefile.am @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ASCIIDOC_MANS = \ pacman.8 \ makepkg.8 \ repo-add.8 \ + vercmp.8 \ PKGBUILD.5 \ makepkg.conf.5 \ pacman.conf.5 \ @@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ HTML_MANPAGES = \ pacman.8.html \ makepkg.8.html \ repo-add.8.html \ + vercmp.8.html \ PKGBUILD.5.html \ makepkg.conf.5.html \ pacman.conf.5.html \ @@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \ pacman.8.txt \ makepkg.8.txt \ repo-add.8.txt \ + vercmp.8.txt \ PKGBUILD.5.txt \ PKGBUILD-example.txt \ makepkg.conf.5.txt \ @@ -129,6 +132,7 @@ $(HTML_OTHER): asciidoc.conf pacman.8 pacman.8.html: pacman.8.txt makepkg.8 makepkg.8.html: makepkg.8.txt repo-add.8 repo-add.8.html: repo-add.8.txt +vercmp.8 vercmp.8.html: vercmp.8.txt PKGBUILD.5 PKGBUILD.5.html: PKGBUILD.5.txt PKGBUILD-example.txt makepkg.conf.5 makepkg.conf.5.html: makepkg.conf.5.txt pacman.conf.5 pacman.conf.5.html: pacman.conf.5.txt diff --git a/doc/index.txt b/doc/index.txt index ef32841..afb2719 100644 --- a/doc/index.txt +++ b/doc/index.txt @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ configuration files dealing with pacman. * linkman:pacman[8] * linkman:pacman.conf[5] * linkman:repo-add[8] +* linkman:vercmp[8] Changelog ~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt index 2b47a88..8f91e40 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt @@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ to determine which packages need upgrading. This behavior operates as follows: Numeric: 1 < 1.0 < 1.1 < 1.1.1 < 1.2 < 2.0 < 3.0.0 + -Additionally, packages can have an 'epoch' value defined that will override any -version comparison and force an upgrade. +Additionally, version strings can have an 'epoch' value defined that will +overrule any version comparison (unless the epoch values are equal). This is +specified in an `epoch:version-rel` format. For example, `2:1.0-1` is always +greater than `1:3.6-1`. *-T, \--deptest*:: Check dependencies; this is useful in scripts such as makepkg to check diff --git a/doc/vercmp.8.txt b/doc/vercmp.8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f2fc530 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/vercmp.8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +///// +vim:set ts=4 sw=4 syntax=asciidoc noet: +///// +vercmp(8) +========= + +Name +---- +vercmp - version comparsion utility + + +Synopsis +-------- +'vercmp' <version1> <version2> + + +Description +----------- +'vercmp' is used to determine the relationship between two given version +numbers. It outputs values as follows: + +* < 0 : if ver1 < ver2 +* = 0 : if ver1 == ver2 +* > 0 : if ver1 > ver2 + +Version comparsion operates as follows: + + Alphanumeric: + 1.0a < 1.0alpha < 1.0b < 1.0beta < 1.0p < 1.0pre < 1.0rc < 1.0 + Numeric: + 1 < 1.0 < 1.1 < 1.1.1 < 1.2 < 2.0 < 3.0.0 + +Additionally, version strings can have an 'epoch' value defined that will +overrule any version comparison (unless the epoch values are equal). This is +specified in an `epoch:version-rel` format. For example, `2:1.0-1` is always +greater than `1:3.6-1`. + + +Options +------- +*-h, \--help*:: + Display syntax for the given operation. If no operation was supplied + then the general syntax is shown. + +Examples +-------- + + $ vercmp 1 2 + -1 + + $ vercmp 2 1 + 1 + + $ vercmp 2.0-1 1.7-6 + 1 + + $ vercmp 2.0 2.0-13 + 0 + + $ vercmp 4.34 1:001 + -1 + +Configuration +------------- +There is none. + +See Also +-------- +linkman:pacman[8], linkman:makepkg[8], linkman:libalpm[3] + +include::footer.txt[] -- 1.7.3.5