Bug#455783: Version number in volatile is higher than in sid (was:Script tzdata.postinst fails: /usr/bin/tzconfig not found)

[Arnold Metselaar <arnold.metselaar@planet.nl>]

package tzdata
retitle 455783 Version number in volatile is higher than in sid
thanks

Op vrijdag 14 december 2007 09:53, schreef Antoine Sirinelli:
> I can confirm this bug on a testing(lenny) system. The problem
> come from the tzdata packet 2007j-1etch1 which is present in the
> volatile repository. The volatile repository is for stable(etch)
> systems but I do not know if this bug occurs on stable systems.
>
> Antoine

The libc6 still has /usr/sbin/tzconfig, so I don't think there is 
any problem for stable+volatile. 

The root cause of the problem is that a package in volatile has been 
given a version number that was higher than the version in sid and 
testing, violating one of the acceptance rules of debian volatile:
    * The upgrade path from volatile to the next stable release 
needs to be at least as easy as for the stable release; version 
numbers in volatile must not be higher than those in testing, for 
instance. [1]

I see the problem has been solved by bumping the version number of 
tzdata in sid and lenny, So I think this bug can be closed now.

Kind regards,
Arnold Metselaar

[1] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-volatile/