1Dpkg::Version(3) libdpkg-perl Dpkg::Version(3)
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6 Dpkg::Version - handling and comparing dpkg-style version numbers
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9 The Dpkg::Version module provides pure-Perl routines to compare dpkg-
10 style version numbers (as used in Debian packages) and also an object
11 oriented interface overriding perl operators to do the right thing when
12 you compare Dpkg::Version object between them.
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15 $v = Dpkg::Version->new($version, %opts)
16 Create a new Dpkg::Version object corresponding to the version
17 indicated in the string (scalar) $version. By default it will
18 accepts any string and consider it as a valid version. If you pass
19 the option "check => 1", it will return undef if the version is
20 invalid (see version_check for details).
21 You can always call $v->is_valid() later on to verify that the
23 version is valid.
24 boolean evaluation
26 When the Dpkg::Version object is used in a boolean evaluation (for
27 example in "if ($v)" or "$v || 'default'") it returns its string
28 representation if the version stored is valid ($v->is_valid()) and
29 undef otherwise.
30 $v->is_valid()
32 Returns true if the version is valid, false otherwise.
33 $v->epoch(), $v->version(), $v->revision()
35 Returns the corresponding part of the full version string.
36 $v->is_native()
38 Returns true if the version is native, false if it has a revision.
39 $v1 <=> $v2, $v1 < $v2, $v1 <= $v2, $v1 > $v2, $v1 >= $v2
41 Numerical comparison of various versions numbers. One of the two
42 operands needs to be a Dpkg::Version, the other one can be anything
43 provided that its string representation is a version number.
44 "$v", $v->as_string(), $v->as_string(%options)
46 Accepts an optional option hash reference, affecting the string
47 conversion.
48 Options:
50 omit_epoch (defaults to 0)
52 Omit the epoch, if present, in the output string.
53 omit_revision (defaults to 0)
55 Omit the revision, if present, in the output string.
56 Returns the string representation of the version number.
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60 All the functions are exported by default.
61 version_compare($a, $b)
63 Returns -1 if $a is earlier than $b, 0 if they are equal and 1 if
64 $a is later than $b.
65 If $a or $b are not valid version numbers, it dies with an error.
67 version_compare_relation($a, $rel, $b)
69 Returns the result (0 or 1) of the given comparison operation. This
70 function is implemented on top of version_compare().
71 Allowed values for $rel are the exported constants REL_GT, REL_GE,
73 REL_EQ, REL_LE, REL_LT. Use version_normalize_relation() if you
74 have an input string containing the operator.
75 $rel = version_normalize_relation($rel_string)
77 Returns the normalized constant of the relation $rel (a value among
78 REL_GT, REL_GE, REL_EQ, REL_LE and REL_LT). Supported relations
79 names in input are: "gt", "ge", "eq", "le", "lt", ">>", ">=", "=",
80 "<=", "<<". ">" and "<" are also supported but should not be used
81 as they are obsolete aliases of ">=" and "<=".
82 version_compare_string($a, $b)
84 String comparison function used for comparing non-numerical parts
85 of version numbers. Returns -1 if $a is earlier than $b, 0 if they
86 are equal and 1 if $a is later than $b.
87 The "~" character always sort lower than anything else. Digits sort
89 lower than non-digits. Among remaining characters alphabetic
90 characters (A-Z, a-z) sort lower than the other ones. Within each
91 range, the ASCII decimal value of the character is used to sort
92 between characters.
93 version_compare_part($a, $b)
95 Compare two corresponding sub-parts of a version number (either
96 upstream version or debian revision).
97 Each parameter is split by version_split_digits() and resulting
99 items are compared together. As soon as a difference happens, it
100 returns -1 if $a is earlier than $b, 0 if they are equal and 1 if
101 $a is later than $b.
102 @items = version_split_digits($version)
104 Splits a string in items that are each entirely composed either of
105 digits or of non-digits. For instance for "1.024~beta1+svn234" it
106 would return ("1", ".", "024", "~beta", "1", "+svn", "234").
107 ($ok, $msg) = version_check($version)
109 $ok = version_check($version)
110 Checks the validity of $version as a version number. Returns 1 in
111 $ok if the version is valid, 0 otherwise. In the latter case, $msg
112 contains a description of the problem with the $version scalar.
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115 Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.17.0)
116 New argument: Accept an options argument in $v->as_string().
117 New method: $v->is_native().
119 Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)
121 Mark the module as public.
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