I got the "version number does not start with digit" warning with 2 other packages, ffmpeg and qt-faststart. After looking at /var/lib/dpkg/available I found the version numbers of the packages: SVN-r25753-1. Not only is SVN not a digit, it also rung a bell.
I can't remember installing the qt-faststart package, but I remember installing ffmpeg from sourceforge (or something like that) because I needed a more recent version to use a specific codec. To get rid of the warning I did a 'sudo apt-get purge ffmpeg qt- faststart'. Next I backed up /var/lib/dpkg/available and removed the sections referring to ffmpeg and qt-faststart (the line numbers helped a lot locating them ;). Finally I reinstalled ffmpeg (didn't care much about qt-faststart). ffmpeg is once again listed in /var/lib/dpkg/available, but now it's the version from the ubuntu repo's and it starts with a number. I'm not sure if this is a true bug, since it seems to happen if people install packages form outside the ubuntu repositories that use a different versioning system. That said, I hope this helps you to get rid of the warning or else provide some inspiration. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/727043 Title: [ Natty ] dpkg 1.16.0~ubuntu1 warn on installation -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
