[wpkg-users] value have underscores?

[Semián Matěj]

:) I agree, just wanted to point that out. Thanks for clarifying.

Dne 15.5.2012 16:16, Rainer Meier napsal(a):
> Hi Semián,
>
> On 15.05.2012 15:41, Semián Matěj wrote:
>> It does not work for version checks.. So be avare of this in your
>> scripts.
>>
>> Log:
>>
>> File version check for file
>> 'H:\WINDOWS\System32\Macromed\Flash\Flash32_11_2_202_235.ocx' returned
>> false for
>> operation type versiongreaterorequal.
>> Checking file version 11.2.202.235 is versiongreaterorequal (than)
>> 11_2_202_235
>> - got result -1.
>
> It was never claimed to work like this. Version 11.2.202.235 is clearly
> a different string than 11_2_202_235 and therefore it's not equal.
>
> I've even tried to point this out in my first reply. Since for WPKG
> there are not version delimiters (".") in the underscored version string
> it is regarded as being "one version component". As a result WPKG
> compares the first components which means it's comparing 11 against
> "11_2_202_235". Internally WPKG assures that both string get equal
> number of components:
>
> 11-0-000-000
> 11-2-202-235
>
> Which makes WPKG finally believe that 11.2.202.235 is a lower version
> than 11_2_202_235.
>
> And before you ask. I thought about accepting underscores as component
> delimiters seamlessly as dots. But finally I came to the conclusion that
> it's a bad idea as some underscores might be used by some software in
> the same way as dashes are used sometimes:
>
> - 1.0
> - 1.0-1 (or 1.0_1)
> - 1.1-0 (or 1.1_0)
> - 1.1-1 (or 1.1_1)
> - 1.1-2 (or 1.1_2)
>
> I believe that the current algorithm is very stable and flexible. But
> comparing two completely differently formatted version string is almost
> impossible to do with full automatic detection. So for flash you might
> either define two variables with dotted and underscored versions or just
> use either of them. But do not mix.
>
> If you're checking for file version of a file which has the version
> already in the file name itself, then a simple file exist check should
> be sufficient as it's extremely unlikely that a file named
> Flash32_11_2_202_235.ocx contains a version other than 11.2.202.235.
>
> br,
> Rainer

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