Re: aptitude problem with control file (in stretch)

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2020-08-05 12:33 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:

> On 8/5/20 11:03 AM, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> I am surprised to read that, considering that your installed lxc
>> version
>> does not actually fulfill the dependency.  Note the epoch.
>> $ dpkg --compare-versions 1:2.0.11-1~xgo90+1 lt 3 || echo 'Got it!'
>> Got it!
>>
>
> Maintaining the sample-lxc package I have no influence upon
> other packages introducing new epoch numbers. Upstream moved
> the templates into a separate github repository for lxc
> version 3, so its unreasonable to consider Debian's epoch
> number for package dependencies in this case.
>
> How can I express this dependency upon lxc's upstream version
> number in my control file, ignoring the epoch number?

You don't, at least as long as there is only an lxc package _with_ the
epoch available, like the one you have currently installed.

I am not sure I understand what you actually want to do, though.

Cheers,
       Sven