Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 12:16:29AM +1030, David Purton wrote: >> amonst these packages are (interestingly) >> >> lilo (!) >> version 21.4.3-2 installed >> version 1:21.6-2 available according to debain web site >> >> why are these version numbers in such a different form and why isn't >> this second version available? > >a few broken packages somehow leaked into testing (woody) by way of >some bug in the testing script. the release manager has deleted these >broken packages. lilo has about half a dozen release critical bugs >because it blows away config files without asking and renders machines >unbootable. (at least they are still showing up in the RCB list)
And, as for the different version numbers, that 1: is an epoch, used to get around mistakes in version numbering. See http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-versions.html for the gory details. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
