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diff --git a/gnu/packages.scm b/gnu/packages.scm
index 6ef0fb6de7..9eb4877be8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages.scm
@@ -211,14 +211,18 @@ same package twice."
(let ((packages (delay
(fold-packages (lambda (p r)
(vhash-cons (package-name p) p r))
- vlist-null))))
+ vlist-null)))
+ (version>? (lambda (p1 p2)
+ (version>? (package-version p1) (package-version p2)))))
(lambda* (name #:optional version)
"Return the list of packages with the given NAME. If VERSION is not #f,
-then only return packages whose version is equal to VERSION."
- (let ((matching (vhash-fold* cons '() name (force packages))))
+then only return packages whose version is prefixed by VERSION, sorted in
+decreasing version order."
+ (let ((matching (sort (vhash-fold* cons '() name (force packages))
+ version>?)))
(if version
(filter (lambda (package)
- (string=? (package-version package) version))
+ (string-prefix? version (package-version package)))
matching)
matching)))))