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Re: wrong version number ?



Hi,

On Thu, 2016-07-07 at 15:30 -0300, Herbert Fortes wrote:
> I am doing a QA for dvbackup package. I do not need
> a Sponsor.
> 
> debian/changelog:
> dvbackup (1:0.0.4-8) unstable; urgency=low ( I am doing )
> dvbackup (1:0.0.4-7) unstable; urgency=low ( current version )
> 
> After 'debuild':
> 
> dvbackup_0.0.4-8_amd64.deb ( no epoch )
> 
> $ apt-get download dvbackup
> dvbackup_1%3a0.0.4-7_amd64.deb ( epoch )

This is normal. By default, dpkg-deb does not include the epoch in the
filename, whereas when apt downloads packages it renames it. This
usually isn't a problem because dpkg ignores the filename anyway.

> Why ?

I'm not entirely sure, but it's been like this since forever.

James

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