1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/cve_check.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/cve_check.py
index 35e2b29a9a..3f343a2841 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/cve_check.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/cve_check.py
@@ -23,5 +23,14 @@ class CVECheck(OESelftestTestCase):
         self.assertTrue( result, msg="Failed to compare version '1.0_dev' <= '1.0'")
 
         # ignore "p1" and "p2", so these should be equal
-        result = Version("1.0p2") <= Version("1.0p1") and Version("1.0p2") >= Version("1.0p1")
+        result = Version("1.0p2") == Version("1.0p1")
         self.assertTrue( result ,msg="Failed to compare version '1.0p2' to '1.0p1'")
+        # ignore the "b" and "r"
+        result = Version("1.0b") == Version("1.0r")
+        self.assertTrue( result ,msg="Failed to compare version '1.0b' to '1.0r'")
+
+        # consider the trailing alphabet as patched level when comparing
+        result = Version("1.0b","alphabetical") < Version("1.0r","alphabetical")
+        self.assertTrue( result ,msg="Failed to compare version with suffix '1.0b' < '1.0r'")
+        result = Version("1.0b","alphabetical") > Version("1.0","alphabetical")
+        self.assertTrue( result ,msg="Failed to compare version with suffix '1.0b' > '1.0'")