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Re: `gv-2.5.8': Will someone please release a bo version?



dark@xs4all.nl (Richard Braakman) writes:

> Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
> >  I've just uploaded `gv_3.5.8-1'.  When I installed it, I was told by
> >  `dpkg' that this is a downgrade, since the previous version was
> >  incorrectly numbered (by me) as "-.1" rather than "-0.1".  I hope
> >  this doesn't cause too much trouble.  Will this copy replace the one
> >  in `hamm', please?
> 
> That won't work, since many people will already have upgraded to the
> 3.5.8-.1 version, and your 3.5.8-1 version will still look like a
> downgrade on their systems.  I think you'll have to do something to
> the upstream version number to fix this.  Hm.  Are there any new
> releases of gv coming up? ;-)

You can also use epochs to fix this.

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