[wpkg-users] error when comparing version strings of different length

[jurgen.depicker at let.be]

> 
> Hello,
> 
> On 11.09.2012 14:14, jurgen.depicker at let.be wrote:
> > I have a problem comparable to the libreoffice problem from this 
morning.
> 
> I think it's unrelated. (apart that you're both comparing version 
strings).
> 
> 
> > 2012-09-11 14:00:02, DEBUG   : Comparing version fragments: '4' <=> ''
> > 2012-09-11 14:00:02, ERROR   : Message:    'length' is null or not an
> > object|Description:  'length' is null or not an object|Error number:
> > 800a138f|Stack:  undefined|Line:         undefined|
> > 2012-09-11 14:00:02, DEBUG   : No locale language definition found
> for message
> > ID 'notifyUserFail' (language LCID '813').
> > 2012-09-11 14:00:02, INFO    : User notification suppressed. Message: 
The
> > software installation has failed.
> 
> In your case it looks like WPKG clearly fails because it tries to 
> parse another 
> version digit which does not exist (dot at the end). This perhaps 
> can be fixed 
> in the code (I will have to check).
> 
> A work-around to fix it on all clients would be to just increment 
> the revision 
> of the package to something which increments on third digit (e.g. 
6.0.341.4).
> 
> Thus WPKG would start comparing
> 6 <=> 6
> 0 <=> 0
> 341 <=> 340
> 
> And then stop since the new revision seems to be higher. So the 
questionable 
> code which compares
> 4 <=> ''
> 
> would not even be executed. After successful upgrade then WPKG would
> insert the 
> new package with updated revision (without trailing dot) into 
> wpkg.xml and you 
> can continue as usual.

This worked.  Thanks.  (I still think the comparison is not 100% bug-free 
:-) but that is not a big problem)

Grts, J
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