tilde sorts lower in the version comparison spec: https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/version_format_specification/ ➜ systemd git:(strip) systemd-analyze compare-versions 249\~rc1 249 249\~rc1 < 249 ➜ systemd git:(strip) systemd-analyze compare-versions 249-rc1 249 249-rc1 > 249 Also update tools/meson-vcs-tag.sh to use carets instead of hyphens for the git part of the version as carets are allowed to be part of a version by pacman while hyphens are not and both sort higher than a version without the git part.
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