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Re: "Version less than 0.0" in OVAL definitions

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On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 05:21:50PM +0300, Serkan Özkan wrote:
> We are using Debian OVAL definitions but there are many tests, and states,
> that test for dpkg versions being less than 0.0 which is impossible in
> practice (right?).

no, it's possible:

0~1 is a valid version. It's smaller than zero, yet it's not a negative
number.

It's usually used for versions like 1.0~0alpha1-1 to allow the next
version to be 1.0-1... but 0~1 is a legal and valid version too.


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"Version less than 0.0" in OVAL definitions Serkan Özkan <serkan@vulniq.com> - 2021-05-16 16:40 +0200
  Re: "Version less than 0.0" in OVAL definitions Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2021-05-17 08:50 +0200
    Re: "Version less than 0.0" in OVAL definitions Serkan Özkan <serkan@vulniq.com> - 2021-05-17 10:00 +0200
      Re: "Version less than 0.0" in OVAL definitions Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <jfs@debian.org> - 2021-05-17 11:20 +0200
        Re: "Version less than 0.0" in OVAL definitions Sébastien Delafond <seb@debian.org> - 2021-05-17 13:00 +0200
        Re: "Version less than 0.0" in OVAL definitions Serkan Özkan <serkan@vulniq.com> - 2021-05-17 20:20 +0200
          Re: "Version less than 0.0" in OVAL definitions Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <jfs@debian.org> - 2021-05-17 22:00 +0200

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