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gpgconf --query-swdb incorrectly handles pre-release version numbers
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This is relevant for the update check in Gpg4win.

Example:

$ gpgconf --query-swdb gpg4win 3.1.16-beta16
gpg4win:3.1.16-beta16:n::0:20211012T161328:20211019T103252:3.1.16:20210611T000000:0::

-> Although 3.1.16 is available gpgconf --query-swdb claims n, i.e. "The installed version [3.1.16-beta16] is already newer than the released version [3.1.16]." Obviously, that's incorrect.

For comparison, the following works correctly:

$ gpgconf --query-swdb gpg4win 3.1.17
gpg4win:3.1.17:n::0:20211012T161328:20211019T103252:3.1.16:20210611T000000:0::

-> Yes, 3.1.17 is newer than 3.1.16.

$ gpgconf --query-swdb gpg4win 3.1.16
gpg4win:3.1.16:c::0:20211012T161328:20211019T103252:3.1.16:20210611T000000:0::

-> Yes, 3.1.16 is the current version.

$ gpgconf --query-swdb gpg4win 3.1.15-beta16
gpg4win:3.1.15-beta16:u::0:20211012T161328:20211019T103252:3.1.16:20210611T000000:0::

-> Yes, 3.1.15-beta16 is older than 3.1.16.

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• ikloecker created this task.Oct 25 2021, 11:38 AM
• ikloecker mentioned this in T5663: Kleopatra's "Check for updates" does not work.
bernhard added a subscriber: bernhard.Oct 25 2021, 11:45 AM

Thanks for creating the issue.

Note that I am not sure if GnuPG is fully committed on https://semver.org/ already, traditionally GnuPG had its own version numbering scheme. Unless GnuPG is officially doing semver the behaviour is undefined, which is okay.

However I think any new code should at least be robust if semver 2.0 is to be used at some time in the future. And it is good to have at least a defined method for pre-release version numbers, if the need every arises.

• werner added a subscriber: • werner.Oct 25 2021, 11:14 PM

The thing is that any n.m.k-something version should behave versionwise the same as n.m.k. That is okay, because beta versions etc are not considered to be released. This is required to allow testing beta version _before_ doing the release.

• werner closed this task as Wontfix.Nov 15 2021, 7:45 AM
• werner claimed this task.