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Example: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/comm … 64/docker/
As of this writing docker has version number: 1:18.03.0-1
At Wikipedia I can see that the real version number is just: 18.03.0
What does the 1 before the colon stand for?
My google-fu failed completely when I tried to search for an answer myself.
Last edited by Svinto (2018-04-05 09:14:47)
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Some time ago someone in the Arch IRC chanel said that this is for the parsing purposes. If I recall correctly.
Last edited by Pryka (2018-04-05 08:50:23)
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So the number before the colon is called "epoch" and is used to force version sort order of a package.
Thank you.
Last edited by Svinto (2018-04-05 09:16:33)
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