1Dpkg::Version(3perl) libdpkg-perl Dpkg::Version(3perl)
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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 "$v ? \"$v\" : 'default'") it returns true
28 if the version stored is valid ($v->is_valid()) and false
29 otherwise.
30 Notice: Between dpkg 1.15.7.2 and 1.19.1 this overload used to
32 return $v->as_string() if $v->is_valid(), a breaking change in
33 behavior that caused "0" versions to be evaluated as false. To
34 catch any possibly intended code that relied on those semantics,
35 this overload will emit a warning with category
36 "Dpkg::Version::semantic_change::overload::bool" until dpkg 1.20.x.
37 Once fixed, or for already valid code the warning can be quiesced
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39 no if $Dpkg::Version::VERSION ge '1.02',
41 warnings => qw(Dpkg::Version::semantic_change::overload::bool);
42 added after the "use Dpkg::Version".
44 $v->is_valid()
46 Returns true if the version is valid, false otherwise.
47 $v->epoch(), $v->version(), $v->revision()
49 Returns the corresponding part of the full version string.
50 $v->is_native()
52 Returns true if the version is native, false if it has a revision.
53 $v1 <=> $v2, $v1 < $v2, $v1 <= $v2, $v1 > $v2, $v1 >= $v2
55 Numerical comparison of various versions numbers. One of the two
56 operands needs to be a Dpkg::Version, the other one can be anything
57 provided that its string representation is a version number.
58 "$v", $v->as_string(), $v->as_string(%options)
60 Accepts an optional option hash reference, affecting the string
61 conversion.
62 Options:
64 omit_epoch (defaults to 0)
66 Omit the epoch, if present, in the output string.
67 omit_revision (defaults to 0)
69 Omit the revision, if present, in the output string.
70 Returns the string representation of the version number.
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74 All the functions are exported by default.
75 version_compare($a, $b)
77 Returns -1 if $a is earlier than $b, 0 if they are equal and 1 if
78 $a is later than $b.
79 If $a or $b are not valid version numbers, it dies with an error.
81 version_compare_relation($a, $rel, $b)
83 Returns the result (0 or 1) of the given comparison operation. This
84 function is implemented on top of version_compare().
85 Allowed values for $rel are the exported constants REL_GT, REL_GE,
87 REL_EQ, REL_LE, REL_LT. Use version_normalize_relation() if you
88 have an input string containing the operator.
89 $rel = version_normalize_relation($rel_string)
91 Returns the normalized constant of the relation $rel (a value among
92 REL_GT, REL_GE, REL_EQ, REL_LE and REL_LT). Supported relations
93 names in input are: "gt", "ge", "eq", "le", "lt", ">>", ">=", "=",
94 "<=", "<<". ">" and "<" are also supported but should not be used
95 as they are obsolete aliases of ">=" and "<=".
96 version_compare_string($a, $b)
98 String comparison function used for comparing non-numerical parts
99 of version numbers. Returns -1 if $a is earlier than $b, 0 if they
100 are equal and 1 if $a is later than $b.
101 The "~" character always sort lower than anything else. Digits sort
103 lower than non-digits. Among remaining characters alphabetic
104 characters (A-Z, a-z) sort lower than the other ones. Within each
105 range, the ASCII decimal value of the character is used to sort
106 between characters.
107 version_compare_part($a, $b)
109 Compare two corresponding sub-parts of a version number (either
110 upstream version or debian revision).
111 Each parameter is split by version_split_digits() and resulting
113 items are compared together. As soon as a difference happens, it
114 returns -1 if $a is earlier than $b, 0 if they are equal and 1 if
115 $a is later than $b.
116 @items = version_split_digits($version)
118 Splits a string in items that are each entirely composed either of
119 digits or of non-digits. For instance for "1.024~beta1+svn234" it
120 would return ("1", ".", "024", "~beta", "1", "+svn", "234").
121 ($ok, $msg) = version_check($version)
123 $ok = version_check($version)
124 Checks the validity of $version as a version number. Returns 1 in
125 $ok if the version is valid, 0 otherwise. In the latter case, $msg
126 contains a description of the problem with the $version scalar.
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129 Version 1.03 (dpkg 1.20.0)
130 Remove deprecation warning from semantic change in 1.02.
131 Version 1.02 (dpkg 1.19.1)
133 Semantic change: bool evaluation semantics restored to their original
134 behavior.
135 Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.17.0)
137 New argument: Accept an options argument in $v->as_string().
138 New method: $v->is_native().
140 Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)
142 Mark the module as public.
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