Re: colons (:) in package version numbers mucking up dselect?

[joey@troi.orgatech.de (Martin Schulze)]

> 
> went to upgrade the packages on the trusty old 386 and after i got
> the list of available packages dselect reported:

This is a feature and you're Yafcot(*)

It's called epoch and you first have to upgrade your dpkg
before you read in the new Packages file... you didn't...

try dpkg --clear-avail an install an actual version of
dpkg.

* Yet another fool coming over this

	Joey

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