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Re: package version problem



* On 04-05-01 at 17:36 Ilya Martynov (m_ilya@agava.com) wrote:
+----Here quoted text begins----+
> Because ssh package on debian has epoch in its Version field.
> 
> $ dpkg -s ssh
> Package: ssh
>   ...
> Version: 1:2.3.0p1-0.11 
>         ^^^
> 
> 1: in Version field is epoch. Package with higher epoch is
> considered as always having higher version number. Default epoch is
> 0. You need to set epoch for your package to 1.
> 
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Nope that was not it... mine has epoch too ;) I read the packaging manual and
found no reason that the package should be deleted...
dpkg -s ssh |grep Version
Version: 1:2.9p1-1

Any other clues? anyone??

B.
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