Source: lintian Version: 2.5.4 Severity: wishlist Consistency check of epochs might be a good idea[1]. Kudos to Jakub Wilk for suggesting it. ~Niels [1] Example being attr that was epoched years ago, but until 2 months ago, it had an "epochless" version in its shlibs file. http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/attr/news/20111203T113211Z.html