Index: gentoo-howto.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-howto.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.36
diff -u -t -r1.36 gentoo-howto.xml
--- gentoo-howto.xml	19 Feb 2004 14:58:23 -0000	1.36
+++ gentoo-howto.xml	5 Mar 2004 09:26:51 -0000
@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@
 <e>are</e> supported), and may have a single letter immediately following 
 the last digit; e.g., <c>1.4b</c> or <c>2.6h</c>.  The package version is 
 joined to the package name with a hyphen; for example: <c>foo-1.0</c>, 
-<c>bar-2.4.6</c>, etc.
+<c>bar-2.4.6</c>, etc. Also, when comparing versions <c>x.yz</c> with
+<c>x.y.t</c>, <c>x.y.t</c> is considered more recent than <c>x.yz</c>.
 </p>
 
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@@ -299,13 +300,14 @@
 </impo>
 
 <p>
-The third (optional) section contains a special suffix; either 
+The third (optional) section contains one (or more) special suffixes; either 
 <c>_alpha</c>, <c>_beta</c>, <c>_pre</c> (pre-release), <c>_rc</c> (release 
-candidate), or <c>_p</c> (patch).  Any of these suffixes may be immediately 
-followed my a number; e.g., <c>linux-2.4.0_pre10</c>; Assuming identical 
-version parts, an <c>_alpha</c> package is older than <c>_beta</c>, <c>_beta</c>
-older than <c>_pre</c>, <c>_pre</c> older than <c>_rc</c>, and <c>_rc</c> older
-than <c>_p</c>.  This section is meant to reflect upstream versions only.
+candidate), <c>_p</c> (patch) or a combination of them.  Any of these suffixes 
+may be immediately followed my a number; e.g., <c>linux-2.4.0_pre10</c>; 
+Assuming identical version parts, an <c>_alpha</c> package is older than 
+<c>_beta</c>, <c>_beta</c> older than <c>_pre</c>, <c>_pre</c> older than 
+<c>_rc</c>, and <c>_rc</c> older than <c>_p</c>.  This section is meant to 
+reflect upstream versions only.
 </p>
 
 <note>