On Thu, 2014-04-10 at 10:31 +0200, Johannes Schauer wrote: > $ wget > http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20140409T000000Z/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz > $ wget > http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20140409T000000Z/dists/sid/main/source/Sources.xz > $ zutils --zcat Packages.xz | grep-dctrl -P samhain -n -s Version > 2.8.3a-1+deb7u1 > $ zutils --zcat Sources.xz | grep-dctrl -P samhain -n -s Version > 3.1.0-5 [...] > - how is this version skew created in the first place?
Mostly by packages failing to build, or architectures being dropped and the result needing to be cleaned up. In this particular case, by samhain failing to build on *amd64 and the p-u version of the package on those architectures thus having to be pushed up to unstable during a point release, so as not to violate the archive's version constraints. (Maybe the source should have been propagated as well, but dak will ensure it's kept around as long as required.) samhain | 2.8.3a-1+deb7u1 | unstable | amd64, kfreebsd-amd64 samhain | 3.1.0-5 | unstable | source, armel, armhf, i386, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390x, sparc Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-qa-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1397160956.30509.23.ca...@jacala.jungle.funky-badger.org
