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/////
vim:set ts=4 sw=4 syntax=asciidoc noet spell spelllang=en_us:
/////
vercmp(8)
=========

Name
----
vercmp - version comparsion utility


Synopsis
--------
'vercmp' <version1> <version2>


Description
-----------
'vercmp' is used to determine the relationship between two given version
numbers. It outputs values as follows:

*  < 0 : if ver1 < ver2
*  = 0 : if ver1 == ver2
*  > 0 : if ver1 > ver2

Version comparsion operates as follows:

  Alphanumeric:
    1.0a < 1.0alpha < 1.0b < 1.0beta < 1.0p < 1.0pre < 1.0rc < 1.0
  Numeric:
    1 < 1.0 < 1.1 < 1.1.1 < 1.2 < 2.0 < 3.0.0

Additionally, version strings can have an 'epoch' value defined that will
overrule any version comparison (unless the epoch values are equal). This is
specified in an `epoch:version-rel` format. For example, `2:1.0-1` is always
greater than `1:3.6-1`.


Options
-------
*-h, \--help*::
    Display syntax for the given operation. If no operation was supplied
    then the general syntax is shown.

Examples
--------

  $ vercmp 1 2
  -1

  $ vercmp 2 1
  1

  $ vercmp 2.0-1 1.7-6
  1

  $ vercmp 2.0 2.0-13
  0

  $ vercmp 4.34 1:001
  -1

Configuration
-------------
There is none.

See Also
--------
linkman:pacman[8], linkman:makepkg[8], linkman:libalpm[3]

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