Re: dpkg-scanpackages problem
You should delete the old .debs and only leave the most current versions
in the archive, if I recall correctly.
On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 07:26:51PM +0000, Hereward Cooper wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm managed to generate a Packages.gz file for my two packages,
> but recentlly (last couple of hours) when I updated the package
> version to 1.0.4-4 inorder to fix some bugs I get the problem
> that the generated Packages.gz doesn't contain the newest
> version, instead the oldest (1.0.4-1).
>
> #####
> hcooper@funkster:~>dpkg-scanpackages debian debian/or | gzip >
> debian/Packages.gz
> ! Package xcounter (filename debian/xcounter_1.0.4-2_i386.deb)
> is repeat;
> ignored that one and using data from
> debian/xcounter_1.0.4-1_i386.deb !
> ! Package xcounter (filename debian/xcounter_1.0.4-3_i386.deb)
> is repeat;
> ignored that one and using data from
> debian/xcounter_1.0.4-1_i386.deb !
> ! Package xcounter (filename debian/xcounter_1.0.4-4_i386.deb)
> is repeat;
> ignored that one and using data from
> debian/xcounter_1.0.4-1_i386.deb !
> ! Package xmars (filename debian/xmars_1.0-2_i386.deb) is
> repeat;
> ignored that one and using data from
> debian/xmars_1.0-1_i386.deb !
> ** Packages in archive but missing from override file: **
> xcounter xmars
>
> Wrote 2 entries to output Packages file.
> hcooper@funkster:~>
> ###
>
> The problem being it is "using data from
> debian/xcounter_1.0.4-1_i386.deb" (the oldest) and not -4 (the
> newest).
>
> Could someone please tell me what i;m doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hereward
>
>
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