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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/version_comparison.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/version_comparison.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..861a3ee --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/version_comparison.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +## Version comparison + +`dependency(version:)` and other version constraints now handle versions +containing non-numeric characters better, comparing versions using the rpmvercmp +algorithm (as using the `pkg-config` autoconf macro `PKG_CHECK_MODULES` does). + +This is a breaking change for exact comparison constraints which rely on the +previous comparison behaviour of extending the compared versions with `'0'` +elements, up to the same length of `'.'`-separated elements. + +For example, a version of `'0.11.0'` would previously match a version constraint +of `'==0.11'`, but no longer does, being instead considered strictly greater. + +Instead, use a version constraint which exactly compares with the precise +version required, e.g. `'==0.11.0'`. |