Re: archive: bullseye Sources files contain multiple versions of packages - why?
Le 02/10/2020 à 08:57, Christian Kastner a écrit :
> I happened to stumble over the fact that bullseye Sources files contain
> numerous versions of some of the packages.
>
> For example:
>
> $ wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/source/Sources.gz
>
> $ zgrep -A 2 'Package: util-linux' Sources.gz | grep -v Binary
> Package: util-linux
> Version: 2.33.1-0.1
> --
> Package: util-linux
> Version: 2.34-0.1
> --
> Package: util-linux
> Version: 2.36-3
>
> Those three versions happen to be the current versions from stable,
> testing, and unstable. Does anyone know why these are all in this one file?
> The version from unstable is the most surprising.
2.33.1-0.1 has "Extra-Source-Only: yes", so one if its binaries is
mentioned in "Built-Using" of some other package.
Same for 2.34-0.1.
2.36-3 is the current version in testing.
Cheers,
--
Stéphane
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