[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] binutils: fix PV to respect upstream tag and also cve database

[Burton, Ross]

On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 at 13:15, Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 at 12:07, Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The problem with setting PV properly, is that 2.32 is less than 2.32.0
> > and will cause the 'version going backwards' problem. But if RP/Khem
> > are fine with it, I would prefer your patch.
>
> I just had a look at the code in bitbake and yes, it actually even
> tests that 1 < 1.0.  I'd say that there's an argument for handling .0
> releases specially and considering 2.32 == 2.32.0.

Of course that test exists for people using feeds, and at least dpkg
thinks 2.32 < 2.32.0, so even if we changed the test the feed would
still be broken.

Ross