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Re: [PATCH] manual: Clarify the documentation of strverscmp [BZ #20524]
- From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 15:43:15 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] manual: Clarify the documentation of strverscmp [BZ #20524]
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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