Re: Depends xxx <- Version: 3:20161105-1
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El 09/06/17 a les 14:01, James Cowgill ha escrit:
> Hi,
>
> On 09/06/17 12:54, Narcis Garcia wrote:
>> Hello, I'm trying to build a package that depends on another one
>> (iputils-ping), but the other's version in Debian is marked with a
>> notation I don't know:
>> 3:20161105-1
>>
>> - Which is this software's version? 3?
>
> This is documented in debian-policy:
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version
>
> The upstream version is "20161105". The epoch is "3" and is used to
> change the version scheme at a later date.
>
>> - What is the best formula for "control" file in my new package, having
>> present that any version is useful for me since 3:20020927 from
>> Debian-Sarge or older if there was?
>>
>> Depends: iputils-ping (>= 3)
>> Depends: iputils-ping (>= 20020927)
>> Depends: iputils-ping (>= 3:20020927)
>
> The last one is the only one which will do what you want. However, it's
> not worth it to specify dependency versions which only matter for
> prehistoric Debian releases, so the best thing to do would just be:
>
> Depends: iputils-ping
>
> Thanks,
> James
>
Okay, I didn't want that this lintian error affected Depends and/or
Recommends too:
https://lintian.debian.org/tags/depends-on-build-essential-package-without-using-version.html
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