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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/version_comparison.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/version_comparison.md deleted file mode 100644 index 861a3ee2f..000000000 --- a/docs/markdown/snippets/version_comparison.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,15 +0,0 @@ -## 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'`. |