how does portage order package versions?

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I'm curious where I can find exact rules on how portage orders version numbers of packages (ie: the rules it uses to tell which version of the same package is the most recent)

The thing I am curious about is the precedence of *-rX, *_rcX, *_preX, *_pX, and *_betaX where * is packagename-someversion and X is some number.

so basically I'm looking for an order of operations for package versioning.

Thanks!
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pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

Check the "Ebuild HOWTO" on the Docs page.
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count · Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 2:46 am Post subject:

Thanks, That helps

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