Re: equivs problem FIXED

[Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com>]

On 03-Oct-99 Pollywog wrote:
> 
> On 03-Oct-99 Pollywog wrote:
>> 
>> On 03-Oct-99 Mark Brown wrote:
>>> This package has no epoch number, so its version number less than that
>>> of the official package.  If you add an epoch to your fake package
>>> everything should work as planned.
>> 
>> Thanks, I am beginning to remember about the epoch now.  I tried to add
>> one
>> but it did not work.  I will read the docs and try it again.
> 
> Here is my ns-control file.  It is not producing a correct package.
> I want a package with version 1:3.99 but what is produced is just 1.0
> 
> Section: non-free
> Package: qt1g-dev
> Depends:
> Description: qt-dev dummy package
> Standards-Version: 1:3.99

I found a way to do it.  I get an error when building the package but the
resulting package installed and fooled other packages into upgrading.

BTW the error seems to be "Standards-Version:" should be just "Version:"


thanks

--
Andrew


> 
> thanks
> 
> --
> Andrew
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