Version of debian-equivs-2020-ex.txt

[Oliver Kopp]

Dear TUG,

I am trying to use
https://www.tug.org/texlive/files/debian-equivs-2020-ex.txt for
marking packages as installed. This is used, for instance, at the
current Docker image for texlive, too (see
https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/images/texlive/-/blob/master/Dockerfile.latest#L21).

When installing any latex packages, the required texlive packages are
installed (e.g., apt-get install latexml installes texlive-base). I
think, it is because of the version number contained in
debian-equivs-2020:

dpkg --compare-versions 2020-1 gt 2020.20210113-1 && echo true || echo false
"false"

Nevertheless, when using a high number (and a dot), then it is "OK"

dpkg --compare-versions 2020.99999999 gt 2020.20210113-1 && echo true
|| echo false
true

Would it be possible to change the "Version" in
"debian-equivs-2020-ex.txt" to something very high? (Maybe even 2100
to ensure that even if a new texlive package in debian is released,
the local texlive installation is still used)

Cheers,

Oliver
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