Comparing text strings

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 13 Apr 2021, Cameron Simpson wrote:

>> The problem is not that simple. Sometimes the package maintainer upgrades
>> the package for the same version number so there could be abc-1.0_1_SBo.tgz
>> and abc-1.0_2_SBo.tgz. The more involved route will be taken.
>
> If that _1, _2 thing is like RedHat's -1, -2 suffixes for later releases
> of the same source package version, you could just include that in the
> version string. Looks like it counts up.

Cameron,

There are two variables: the application/tool version number and the build
number. They're both embedded within the filename string. I don't know in
advance the build numbers if it's that variable that's changed.

The list of installed files is (currently) less than 500 lines so a
character-by-character comparison when two rows begin with the same string
will not take long.

Thanks again,

Rich