Package: debian-policy Version: 3.6.2.1 Severity: normal In section 5.6.12, the permitted epoch values are not specified precisely. Large epochs tend to cause problems for some tools, for example dpkg, whose behavior is even architecture-specific. There might be other problems throughout the toolchain.
Maybe Policy should be changed to reflect this, from "This is a single (generally small) unsigned integer." to: "This is a single unsigned integer, consisting of at most 8 digits, but it is generally much smaller." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
