Bug#31141: dpkg will downgrade even if -G is given

[Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@cs.leidenuniv.nl>]

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.31

While doing "dpkg -iGOEB *deb" in a directory I noticed this:

Preparing to replace ssh 1.2.26-1 (using ssh_1.2.26-1.2.deb) ...
Stopping Secure Shell server: sshd.
Unpacking replacement ssh ...
Preparing to replace ssh 1.2.26-1.2 (using ssh_1.2.26-1.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ssh ...

After unpacking 1.2.26-1.2, going back to 1.2.25-1 is effectively a
downgrade which replaces 1.2.26-1.2 again.

Wichert.

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