diff --git a/packaging/check_versions.sh b/packaging/check_versions.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9f5784f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/check_versions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+while read version_a version_b; do
+	version_a=$(echo $version_a | sed -e 's/-/./g')
+	version_b=$(echo $version_b | sed -e 's/-/./g')
+	printf "%s %s %s\n" "$version_a" $(pkg version -t "$version_a" "$version_b") "$version_b"
+done < versions.txt
+
+while read version_a version_b; do
+	if dpkg --compare-versions "$version_a" lt "$version_b"; then
+		echo "$version_a < $version_b"
+	else
+		echo "$version_a >= $version_b"
+	fi
+done < versions.txt
diff --git a/packaging/versions.txt b/packaging/versions.txt
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+++ b/packaging/versions.txt
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+2.0.0-20220202-abcdef 2.0.1-20220203-123456
+2.0.0-10-gabcdef-20220202-hahh 2.0.0-10-gabcdef-20220203-hahh
+2.0.0-10-gabcdef-20220202-hahh 2.0.0-11-g123456-20220201-abcd
+2.0.0-10-gabcdef-20220202-hahh 2.0.0-110-g123456-20220201-abcd
+2.0.0-11-g123456-20220201-abcd 2.0.1-20220120-abcd
+3.0-20230101-abcd 3.0.1-20230204-bdbd