Re: testing-proposed-updates security fix for koffice
* Martin Schulze (joey@infodrom.org) [041026 16:25]:
> Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:14:10PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> > > Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> > > > Hi, Ben Burton wrote:
> > > > > The fixed package version will be 1:1.3.2-1.sarge.2
> > > >
> > > > That's a version number which looks like a binary NMU, which AFAIK causes
> > > > problems.
> > > We would use 1:1.3.2-1sarge2 for a security update, but either should
> > > be fine.
> > >
> > > Matthias, where would the above version cause problems?
> > It appears to confuse britney a bit at the moment.
> Hmm. Which dot is the problem? The last one or the last but one?
Any one - a debian version of 1.sarge.2 is interpreted as bin-only NMU
of version 1.sarge. If you had already 1.sarge.1 in (which is also a
bin-only NMU in britneys terms), than this creates a bang.
Cheers,
Andi
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