On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 01:05:22PM -0600, Hodge, Robert L wrote:

> When I look at packages at Debian web site, I see designations of "woody4"
> or "woody6" appended to the packages names. I know that woody is the
> codename for Debian release 3. What is the meaning of the numeric; i.e. 4
> & 6 in this example?

That construct is used to form version numbers for updates to the stable
release.

> And how do I determine which "woodyN" version of a package I should
> install?

You should install the version that "apt-get install <package>" gives you
(the latest version available from stable).

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 - mdz

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