[gentoo-commits] proj/pms:master commit in: /

[Ulrich Müller]

commit:     cb99e4dcb5837626320b1fba0277d0fa7c1c9829
Author:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Tue Sep 22 18:08:01 2015 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Tue Sep 22 18:08:01 2015 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/pms.git/commit/?id=cb99e4dc

The =* dependency operator can only match complete version components.

Bug: 560466

 dependencies.tex | 9 +++++----
 names.tex        | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dependencies.tex b/dependencies.tex
index 58c86f9..fcfce9b 100644
--- a/dependencies.tex
+++ b/dependencies.tex
@@ -232,10 +232,11 @@ The following operators are available:
 \begin{description}
 \item[\t{<}] Strictly less than the specified version.
 \item[\t{<=}] Less than or equal to the specified version.
-\item[\t{=}] Exactly equal to the specified version. Special exception: if the version
-    specified has an asterisk immediately following it, a string prefix comparison is
-    used instead. When an asterisk is used, the specification must remain valid if the
-    asterisk were removed. (An asterisk used with any other operator is illegal.)
+\item[\t{=}] Exactly equal to the specified version. Special exception: if the version specified
+    has an asterisk immediately following it, then only the given number of version components
+    is used for comparison, i.\,e.\ the asterisk acts as a wildcard for any further components.
+    When an asterisk is used, the specification must remain valid if the asterisk were removed.
+    (An asterisk used with any other operator is illegal.)
 \item[\t{\textasciitilde}] Equal to the specified version when revision parts are ignored.
 \item[\t{>=}] Greater than or equal to the specified version.
 \item[\t{>}] Strictly greater than the specified version.

diff --git a/names.tex b/names.tex
index d79499d..2fc59b6 100644
--- a/names.tex
+++ b/names.tex
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ integer, followed by zero or more dot-prefixed positive integers).
 This may optionally be followed by one of \t{[a-z]} (a lowercase letter).
 
 This may be followed by zero or more of the suffixes \t{\_alpha}, \t{\_beta}, \t{\_pre},
-\t{\_rc} or \t{\_p}, which themselves may be suffixed by an optional integer.
+\t{\_rc} or \t{\_p}, which themselves may be followed by an optional integer. Suffix and integer
+count as separate version components.
 
 This may optionally be followed by the suffix \t{-r} followed immediately by an integer (the
 ``revision number''). If this suffix is not present, it is assumed to be \t{-r0}.