Re: Apt and packages on hold
Package: locales
Version: 2.0.7-19981211-1
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On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, James Dietrich wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 10:47:46AM -0500, Brandon Mitchell wrote:
> > On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, James Dietrich wrote:
> >
> > > The following packages have been kept back
> > > xbase xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-base
> > > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
> > >
> > > Why doesn't it show libc6 and friends as well? I'd like
> > > to make sure I'm not overlooking something obvious.
> >
> > libc6 and friends don't need to be updated / don't have a newer version,
> > so apt isn't holding them back. It will be holding them back when a new
> > version is available.
>
> OK, here is the line from dselect for xbase:
> *== Std x11 xbase 3.3.2.3a-8 3.3.2.3a-8. X Window System ...
^ ^???
There's something missing from that version number.
> and here is the line from locales:
> *== Std admin locales 2.0.7v-1 2.0.7-19981 GNU Libc: ...
The 'v' is missing, so it seems to be an older package:
$ perl -e 'if ("2.0.7v-1" lt "2.0.7-19981") {print "new\n";}'
$ perl -e 'if ("2.0.7v-1" lt "2.0.7v-19981") {print "new\n";}'
new
$
This is a bug, thanks for reporting it,
Brandon
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