tag 541313 - wontfix thanks On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 02:36:46 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 10:24:36 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > (Yes, I know that either -G or -GE, depending on the circumstances, will > > have a sort of similar effect. I still think this is a useful request > > even given that; if I don't have the package installed right now and do > > 'dpkg -i *.deb', I don't see any reason why it shouldn't just use the > > newest version rather than having some random effects based on directory > > entry ordering.) > > With #31141 now fixed in git, -G should behave more sanely, so if you > have in directory versions 1.0, 1.1 installed and 1.2 under development, > using -G should have the same effect as what you request, by not > downgrading on unpack to any of the previous versions. > > Implementing what you request would require parsing all packages control > files first, which we are not currently doing. And while I'm not opposed > to doing that in principle, I just don't see the need to implement it > for this particular case alone, given the new behaviour of -G and -E. > > So I'm tagging as wontfix for now (instead of closing, because I think > the request is valid), but if the fix in #31141 is not enough to subdue > any possible current grievance then I'm open to reconsider!
Given that doing exactly this is required to fix other misbehaviours, and that the request is valid, the wontfix does not really make any sense, reverting that. thanks, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
