dpkg-1.4.0.6
i am really puzzled by the behaviour of the latest dpkg. why did
dselect automatically "upgrade" mailx from 8.5.5-1 to 8.1.1-2 as per
example:
Preparing to replace mailx 8.5.5-1 (using .../mail/mailx_8.1.1-2.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement mailx ...
isn't version 8.5.5 higher than 8.1.1? the only thing that's higher in
the new package is the debian version (2 as opposed to 1). in the dpkg
upgrade there is a mention of fixing the handling of epochs, but i
don't think the debian version should be part of the package version.
did i misunderstand?
--alex--
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