more on deb build versions

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/currentVersions.go b/currentVersions.go
index e4bccb1..8f727a9 100644
--- a/currentVersions.go
+++ b/currentVersions.go
@@ -117,6 +117,22 @@ func (repo *Repo) DebianReleaseVersion() string {
 	return newv
 }
 
+// for comparison with the file versions in /var/lib/apt/lists/
+func (repo *Repo) GetSmartVersion() string {
+	curver := repo.GetCurrentBranchVersion()
+
+	// takes off the GO 'v'
+	curver = trimNonNumericFromStart(curver)
+	parts := strings.Split(curver, "-")
+	if len(parts) == 1 {
+		curver += "-0"
+	}
+	if len(parts) == 3 {
+		curver = strings.Join(parts[0:2], "-")
+	}
+	return "v" + curver
+}
+
 func (repo *Repo) DebianCurrentVersion(buildnum int) string {
 	curver := repo.GetCurrentBranchVersion()