Bug#827915:

[Jordi Pujol Palomer <jordipujolp@gmail.com>]

El Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:58:09 +0200
David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> escrigué:

> I don't know how I could look any closer at this, so you will have to
> be more specific – 
Yes, I agree,

> and you have to realize that if we find a bug in
> which apt is storing a package without an epoch which has one, the
> fix will be to store it with an epoch, not change all other places to
> not store it with an epoch.

Obviously, now I see that it's the right way to do.

> 
> 
> Is there perhaps some silly "download accelerator" like apt-fast
> involved? (Wich we STRONGLY advise against using!)
> 

I have done a clean install of another system including only the basic
apt-related utilities, This new system does it well, so the problem is
gone.

When having more time will try to isolate the problem, but for now I
consider that this bug report may be closed,

Thanks and sorry for the noise,

Jordi Pujol i Palomer