Gnu/coreutils/Implementation-Details
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30.2 Implementation Details
GNU coreutils’ version sort algorithm is based on Debian’s versioning scheme, specifically on the "upstream version" part.
This section describes the ordering rules.
The next section (Differences from the official Debian Algorithm) describes some differences between GNU coreutils implementation and Debian’s official algorithm.