Re: PPA Build Error/Tilde In Version

[Will Daniels <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Onkar Shinde wrote:
> Will Daniels wrote:
> > Hi, I just got the following error from the PPA build system:
> >
> > After installing, the following source dependencies are still 
> > unsatisfied:
> > libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil(inst 0.3~svn.r90520-1 ! >= wanted 0.3)
> > libmono-addins0.2-cil(inst 0.3~svn.r90520-1 ! >= wanted 0.3)
> > Source-dependencies not satisfied; skipping monodevelop
> >
> > I would have thought 0.3~svn.r90520-1 >= 0.3 or am I confused about the
> > significance of the tilde character in the version? I can't find much
> > about this with Google, perhaps someone can explain to me whether it's a
> > bug or how the version naming works here?  Maybe the problem has to do
> > with the 0.2 in the package name?
> >
> > Sorry if it's a stupid question!
> >   
> '~' represents '<'.
>
> You should use 0.3+svn.r90520-1to represent '>'.
>
>
> Onkar

Thanks William, Onkar & Andrea for answering my question - it makes 
sense now!  So my next question then is if I make an updated package for 
the dependency in question and upload it to my PPA, can the build system 
be made to use the updated package from my PPA somehow?

Thanks,
Will