Bug#50868: dpkg-scanpackages uses old version if duplicates exist

["Gregory T. Norris" <haphazard@socket.net>]

Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.4.1.19
Severity: normal

If dpkg-scanpackages encounters duplicate packages, it builds the
Packages file using information from the older version.  Shouldn't the
newer version be used instead?

Thanx!

-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux glitch 2.2.13 #1 SMP Thu Oct 21 22:57:38 CDT 1999 i686

Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on:
ii  cpio                          2.4.2-28   GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii  make                          3.78.1-1   The GNU version of the "make" util
ii  patch                         2.5-2      Apply a diff file to an original  
ii  perl-5.005 [perl5]            5.005.03-4 Larry Wall's Practical Extracting