Re: SOLVED: Re: Bug#8294: dpkg: Packages with epochs make old Debian installations not upgradable
Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de> writes:
> On 25 Mar 1997, Guy Maor wrote:
> > (There actually is a way to fix it - by putting the epoch in a
> > seperate field in the control file instead of attached to the version.
> > The pre-epoch dpkg and dselect will both ignore unknown fields, but
> > they will balk at upgrading one of these hypothetical "Epoch:" using
> > packages. I don't know how hard it would be to implement something
> > like this, but I don't think it's worth it.)
>
> This seams to be the best solution.
>
> Klee, is something like this easy to implement? We would have to do this
> change _before_ 1.3.
It is an ideal solution, yes, but is ALOT of trouble. dpkg needs to
be hacked up. All packages using an epoch need to be repackaged.
Furthermore, it doesn't affect too many people. Anybody tracking the
stable distribution has already seen the problem and dealt with it.
Furthermore, Susan has already added it to our FAQ list.
I'd just rather Klee spend his time on more important improvements to
dpkg.
Guy
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