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[Jaka Kranjc <lynx AT mages.ath.cx>]

On Thursday 09 November 2006 03:48, Eric Sandall wrote:
> Last I recall there was work being done (or done already?) to have
> certain libraries/packages trigger only on major or minor version
> changes (since openssl updates also provide a fun time). I do not recall
> the status of this work, but it would be nice to have all of our
> packages magically working after any update, with no manual intervention
> by our users.
>
> -sandalle
This can be easily achieved in UP_TRIGGERS. It is all about how much of the 
version field you compare, eg:
if [ "$VERSION" != "$OLD_SPELL_VERSION" ]; then
if test "${VERSION:0:3}" != "${OLD_SPELL_VERSION:0:3}"; then
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