[tor-bugs] #17305 [Tor Browser]: Make our Gitian setup able to build hardened Linux bundles (64bit)

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#17305: Make our Gitian setup able to build hardened Linux bundles (64bit)
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 Reporter:  gk                                |          Owner:  gk
     Type:  task                              |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Very High                         |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser                       |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                            |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-gitian, TorBrowserTeam201510  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #17304                            |         Points:
  Sponsor:  SpnsorU                           |
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Comment (by mcs):

 Replying to [comment:12 gk]:
 > ...
 > <number-a> would be "5" and <string-b> would be "a3-hardened". Looking
 at the examples on that page (e.g. `1.0pre1 < 1.0pre2`) there should be no
 issue for the comparator to estimate that `5.5a3-hardened <
 5.5a4-hardened` holds especially as this works without "-hardened" very
 well and "-hardened" is essentially an unchanging string. What am I
 missing?

 I think you are correct in saying that `5.5a3-hardened < 5.5a4-hardened`
 will be true. It is only if we mix together things like ``5.5a3-hardened`
 and < 5.5a3` that it gets confusing. I think for that case,
 `5.5a3-SOMETHING` is always less than `5.5a3`. Some more details are
 available here:
 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-
 US/docs/Toolkit_version_format#Comparing_versions

 So, I think it will work if everything stays within the hardened channel
 (but it is a little strange to encode the "hardened" concept in the
 version number).

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