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authorDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2011-01-22 10:03:51 -0600
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2011-01-22 10:03:51 -0600
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@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ to determine which packages need upgrading. This behavior operates as follows:
Numeric:
1 < 1.0 < 1.1 < 1.1.1 < 1.2 < 2.0 < 3.0.0
+
-Additionally, packages can have an 'epoch' value defined that will override any
-version comparison and force an upgrade.
+Additionally, version strings can have an 'epoch' value defined that will
+overrule any version comparison (unless the epoch values are equal). This is
+specified in an `epoch:version-rel` format. For example, `2:1.0-1` is always
+greater than `1:3.6-1`.
*-T, \--deptest*::
Check dependencies; this is useful in scripts such as makepkg to check