On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:38:15 +0200, Amaya wrote: > I'm doing a little houskeeping before sarge releases. > Then I stumble upon this: > > Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in stable >= new > version (1.6-2) targeted at unstable. > Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in unstable >= new > version (1.6-2) targeted at unstable. > Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in testing >= new > version (1.6-2) targeted at unstable. > > For some reason (the changelog doesn't help much), the previous > maintainer used an epoch at some point and I would like to get rid of > it. What's the best way to do it?
One cannot remove an epoch, and you shouldn't consider it "cleaning up" to remove one. Adding an epoch is a tool that is frequently used to clean up screwy version numbers, because adding/incrementing an epoch always overrides any other part of the version number. -- I usually have a GPG digital signature included as an attachment. See http://www.gnupg.org/ for info about these digital signatures. My key was last signed 08/18/2004. If you use GPG *please* see me about signing the key. ***** My computer can't give you viruses by email. *** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
