On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 10:38:15PM +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?
You can't unless you rename the package. That's why the use of epoch's is strongly discouraged unless absolutely necessary. -- Blast you and your estrogenical treachery!
