Bug#443739: apt outputs ":" character present in package versione as "%3a" during install

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

Paolo Benvenuto <donpaolo@gsi.it> writes:

> Package: apt
> Version: 0.7.6
> Severity: normal
>
> During an apt-get (or aptitude) install lines like the following appear:
>
> Preparing to replace xnest 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12 (using .../xnest_2%3a1.4-2_i386.deb) ...
>
> i.e the ":" in the package version is output with its codification (what format).
>
> This output is unclear, I think a simple ":" should be output there.

Actually the message is output by dpkg, it is just a part of the file
name of the downloaded .deb.  And apt-get and aptitude convert the
colon for the epoch to %3a, because ":" is a problematic character in
file names (special to the shell, invalid on vfat file systems).