Your message dated Fri, 1 Jan 2016 23:40:04 +0000 with message-id <cab4xwxyf4ar5h0z5w-fqeuk8rqzx5md9xremtasmtncfmsf...@mail.gmail.com> and subject line Re: [Reportbug-maint] Bug#798745: reportbug: says wrongly that newer release of a package is available has caused the Debian Bug report #798745, regarding reportbug: says wrongly that newer release of a package is available to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: reportbug Version: 6.6.3 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, Reportbug says that the version of the package is out of date but it is not true. Example : reportug pk-update-icon "Getting status for pk-update-icon... Checking for newer versions at madison... Your version (2.0.0-1~bpo8+1) of pk-update-icon appears to be out of date. The following newer release(s) are available in the Debian archive: stretch: 2.0.0-1 unstable: 2.0.0-1" The 2.0.0-1 release is not newer than 2.0.0-1~bpo8+1. Regards. -- Package-specific info: ** {$HOME}/.reportbugrc: reportbug_version "3.48" mode standard ui urwid -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.2 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) Versions of packages reportbug depends on: ii apt 1.0.9.8.1 ii python 2.7.9-1 ii python-reportbug 6.6.3 pn python:any <none> reportbug recommends no packages. Versions of packages reportbug suggests: ii claws-mail 3.11.1-3 pn debconf-utils <none> pn debsums <none> pn dlocate <none> pn emacs23-bin-common | emacs24-bin-common <none> ii file 1:5.22+15-2 ii gnupg 1.4.18-7 ii postfix [mail-transport-agent] 2.11.3-1 ii python-gtk2 2.24.0-4 pn python-gtkspell <none> pn python-urwid <none> ii python-vte 1:0.28.2-5 ii xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.4 Versions of packages python-reportbug depends on: ii apt 1.0.9.8.1 ii python-debian 0.1.27 ii python-debianbts 1.12 pn python:any <none> python-reportbug suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 9:43 AM, rpnpif <[email protected]> wrote: > Your version (2.0.0-1~bpo8+1) of pk-update-icon appears to be out of date. > The following newer release(s) are available in the Debian archive: > stretch: 2.0.0-1 > unstable: 2.0.0-1" > > The 2.0.0-1 release is not newer than 2.0.0-1~bpo8+1. actually, it is, at least in the debian package versions comparison sense: $ dpkg --compare-versions 2.0.0-1 gt 2.0.0-1~bpo8+1 ; echo $? 0 Regards, -- Sandro "morph" Tosi My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+SandroTosi
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