Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.15 Severity: important This bug may be easilly reproduced. Create dummy package p1, version 1, and dummy package p2, version 1, that Depends: p1 (= 1). Install both. Now create package p2, version 2, and try to install it with dpkg -i, without any --force. Dpkg will silently do it, breaking the dependency for package p2.
This does cause system breakages if packages are installed without apt (which is useful sometimes). E.g. if libfoo-dev does need exact version of libfoo ... -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux sercond 2.4.21 #1 Срд Июл 30 22:24:06 MSD 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=ru_RU.KOI8-R, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii dselect 1.10.15 a user tool to manage Debian packa ii libc6 2.3.2-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information
