From 7faba0abf83e99acb341ef41e99b0c0e5ebeac80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felipe Paschoal Bergamo <64669985+felipepasc@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:32:40 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Update start-utils

---
 scripts/start-utils | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/start-utils b/scripts/start-utils
index 2a8a2138f09..fdfb39a996f 100755
--- a/scripts/start-utils
+++ b/scripts/start-utils
@@ -176,6 +176,16 @@ function compare_version() {
         return 1
     fi
 
+    # Handle version channels ('a', 'b', or numeric)
+    if [[ $left_version == a* || $left_version == b* ]]; then
+        left_version=${left_version:1}
+    fi
+    
+    if [[ $right_version == a* || $right_version == b* ]]; then
+        right_version=${right_version:1}
+    fi
+
+
     local left_version_channel=${left_version:0:1}
     if [[ $left_version_channel =~ [0-9] ]]; then
         left_version_channel='r'