Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions
Erick Branderhorst writes (Re: Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions): Yes, I'm sure, the transcription was in chronological order. I didn't understand the `5' either. Chronological order ? I was thinking that perhaps the was causing it? Is the conflicting version number calculated from (2.3.10-6) or is it displayed right away after reading it from the status file. I should have send the status file probably but I think it is too late now. The conflicting version number isn't *calculated* at all, it just comes out of dpkg's idea of what's in the status file ... If you can't reproduce this I suppose I'll have to close the report. Ian.
Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions
Erick Branderhorst writes (Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions): Package: dpkg Version: 1.0.8 I installed the man package (2.3.10-6) succesfully. After that I tried to upgrade the libgdbm1 package (1.7.3-8). During installation of libgdbm1 dpkg reports about libgdbm1 conflicting with man (2.3.10-6) and that man (version 2.3.10-5) is installed. Are you absolutely sure that this is what it is doing ? Was the thing below an actual session transcript ? I find it hard to imagine where it got the `5' from ... Note that means less-than-or-equal-to in this context. Ian.
Re: Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions
Ian Jackson wrote: Note that means less-than-or-equal-to in this context. Could dpkg also support using = for this meaning please? (Or does it already?) Having to write to mean = is far from optimal; I think it's something we should aim to get away from at some point. -- Richard Kettlewell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.elmail.co.uk/staff/richard/
Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions
Erick Branderhorst writes (Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions): Package: dpkg Version: 1.0.8 I installed the man package (2.3.10-6) succesfully. After that I tried to upgrade the libgdbm1 package (1.7.3-8). During installation of libgdbm1 dpkg reports about libgdbm1 conflicting with man (2.3.10-6) and that man (version 2.3.10-5) is installed. Are you absolutely sure that this is what it is doing ? Was the thing below an actual session transcript ? I find it hard to imagine where it got the `5' from ... Yes, I'm sure, the transcription was in chronological order. I didn't understand the `5' either. I was thinking that perhaps the was causing it? Is the conflicting version number calculated from (2.3.10-6) or is it displayed right away after reading it from the status file. I should have send the status file probably but I think it is too late now. Note that means less-than-or-equal-to in this context. Ian. -- Erick [EMAIL PROTECTED] +31-10-4635142 Department of General Surgery (Intensive Care) University Hospital Rotterdam NL
Bug#2059: dpkg and depend on versions
Package: dpkg Version: 1.0.8 I installed the man package (2.3.10-6) succesfully. After that I tried to upgrade the libgdbm1 package (1.7.3-8). During installation of libgdbm1 dpkg reports about libgdbm1 conflicting with man (2.3.10-6) and that man (version 2.3.10-5) is installed. - Why is it reporting the wrong version of an installed package and therefore the conflict? Erick # dpkg --status man Package: man Status: install ok installed Priority: important Section: doc Maintainer: Alvar Bray [EMAIL PROTECTED] Version: 2.3.10 Revision: 6 Depends: groff, libc5, libgdbm1 [deleted] # dpkg --status libgdbm1 Package: libgdbm1 Status: install ok installed Maintainer: Ray Dassen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Version: 1.7.3 Revision: 6 Provides: elf-libgdbm, libgdbm Depends: libc5 (5.2.16-1) Conflicts: libgdbm [deleted] # dpkg -i /root/debian/stable/binary/devel/libgdbm1-1.7.3-8.deb dpkg: regarding .../stable/binary/devel/libgdbm1-1.7.3-8.deb containing libgdbm1: libgdbm1 conflicts with man (2.3.10-6) man (version 2.3.10-5) is installed. dpkg: error processing /root/debian/stable/binary/devel/libgdbm1-1.7.3-8.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing libgdbm1 Errors were encountered while processing: /root/debian/stable/binary/devel/libgdbm1-1.7.3-8.deb -- Erick [EMAIL PROTECTED] +31-10-4635142 Department of General Surgery (Intensive Care) University Hospital Rotterdam NL
