On Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 11:09:53AM -0500, Brandon Mitchell wrote:
> Package: locales
> Version: 2.0.7-19981211-1
>
> [ sent to the bug system, watch the cc's ]
>
> On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, James Dietrich wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 10:47:46AM -0500, Brandon Mitchell wrote:
> > > On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, James Dietrich wrote:
> > >
> > > > The following packages have been kept back
> > > > xbase xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-base
> > > > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
> > > >
> > > > Why doesn't it show libc6 and friends as well? I'd like
> > > > to make sure I'm not overlooking something obvious.
> > >
> > > libc6 and friends don't need to be updated / don't have a newer version,
> > > so apt isn't holding them back. It will be holding them back when a new
> > > version is available.
> >
> > OK, here is the line from dselect for xbase:
> > *== Std x11 xbase 3.3.2.3a-8 3.3.2.3a-8. X Window System ...
> ^ ^???
> There's something missing from that version number.
Yes, it was too long to fit in the dselect field.
The installed version is 3.3.2.3a-8 and the available version
is 3.3.2.3a-8.1
>
> > and here is the line from locales:
> > *== Std admin locales 2.0.7v-1 2.0.7-19981 GNU Libc: ...
Again, the installed version is 2.0.7v-1 and the available
version is 2.0.7-19981211-1
>
> The 'v' is missing, so it seems to be an older package:
> $ perl -e 'if ("2.0.7v-1" lt "2.0.7-19981") {print "new\n";}'
> $ perl -e 'if ("2.0.7v-1" lt "2.0.7v-19981") {print "new\n";}'
> new
> $
>
> This is a bug, thanks for reporting it,
It appears that the same thing is wrong with libc6, libc6-dev,
timezones, and glibc-doc.
Thanks again!
James
