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Re: How to get rid of an epoch?



On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 16:38, Amaya wrote:
> I'm doing a little houskeeping before sarge releases.
> Then I stumble upon this:
> 
>  Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in stable >= new
>            version (1.6-2) targeted at unstable.
>  Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in unstable >= new
>            version (1.6-2) targeted at unstable.
>  Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in testing >= new
>            version (1.6-2) targeted at unstable.
> 
> For some reason (the changelog doesn't help much), the previous
> maintainer used an epoch at some point and I would like to get rid of
> it. What's the best way to do it?
> 

If I recall correctly, an epoch cannot be removed or else people with
the epoch packages will never have a sane upgrade path.

ie: say they have 1:1.6-1 and you remove the epoch in future uploads.
That epoch will keep it a higher version than your new uploads and
prevent upgrades without the sysadmin doing it manually.

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