[PATCH] manual: Clarify the documentation of strverscmp [BZ #20524]

Florian Weimer fweimer@redhat.com
Wed Sep 21 13:43:00 GMT 2016


On 08/31/2016 01:56 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:

> Perhaps we should just say the comparison happens in an
> implementation-defined manner and is only consistent within a single
> process (just like strcoll).  It would simplify matters and would us
> allow to fix the algorithm. :)

I have committed the posted version (that is, the one that describes the 
behavior in greater detail and stresses that it is unusual).

Thanks,
Florian



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