RE: Version numbers with dates

2000-10-10 Thread Yves Arrouye
> Epochs are just for when things go wrong. Read the packaging manual, > section 5, carefully. That's when I got confused :) Not by the manual, by the fact that KDE packages use (or used to use) epochs while all my tests show it's okay... Thanks for the clarification that I can do that... YA

Re: Version numbers with dates

2000-10-10 Thread Julian Gilbey
rsions 1.6.20001010-1 lt 1.7-1; echo $? 0 bash$ > I want to package something based on date (development > snapshot) but w/o epochs (as I'm not sure where to start the epoch and how > to drop it later). I tried these examples with dpkg --compare-versions and > they were fine, but I

dpkg-shlibs: could not find any package for (libicu-uc.so.1)

2000-10-10 Thread Yves Arrouye
Hi, I'm getting these messages from spkg-shlibs: dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: could not find any packages for (libicu-uc.so.1) dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: unable to find dependency information for shared library libicu-uc (soname 1, path , dependency field Depends) dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: unable to fi

Version numbers with dates

2000-10-10 Thread Yves Arrouye
e examples with dpkg --compare-versions and they were fine, but I also found out that I could have 1.6-20001010-1 < 1.6-20001010-2 and that confused me, because I though that shouldn't work w/o epochs?! If that works, why are the KDE packages using an epoch (4) instead of just 2.0-

RE: Version numbers with dates

2000-10-10 Thread Yves Arrouye
> Epochs are just for when things go wrong. Read the packaging manual, > section 5, carefully. That's when I got confused :) Not by the manual, by the fact that KDE packages use (or used to use) epochs while all my tests show it's okay... Thanks for the clarification that I can do that... YA

Re: Version numbers with dates

2000-10-10 Thread Julian Gilbey
rsions 1.6.20001010-1 lt 1.7-1; echo $? 0 bash$ > I want to package something based on date (development > snapshot) but w/o epochs (as I'm not sure where to start the epoch and how > to drop it later). I tried these examples with dpkg --compare-versions and > they were fine, but I

dpkg-shlibs: could not find any package for (libicu-uc.so.1)

2000-10-10 Thread Yves Arrouye
Hi, I'm getting these messages from spkg-shlibs: dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: could not find any packages for (libicu-uc.so.1) dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: unable to find dependency information for shared library libicu-uc (soname 1, path , dependency field Depends) dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: unable to f

Version numbers with dates

2000-10-10 Thread Yves Arrouye
e examples with dpkg --compare-versions and they were fine, but I also found out that I could have 1.6-20001010-1 < 1.6-20001010-2 and that confused me, because I though that shouldn't work w/o epochs?! If that works, why are the KDE packages using an epoch (4) instead of just 2.0-

Re: bugreports potato/woody

2000-10-10 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 05:17:35PM +, Gerd Knorr wrote: > What is the recommended way to deal with bugs which are present in > the potato package but already fixed in woody? There is none. You're free to keep them open, or close them. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination an

Re: bugreports potato/woody

2000-10-10 Thread Chad Miller
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 05:17:35PM +, Gerd Knorr wrote: > What is the recommended way to deal with bugs which are present in > the potato package but already fixed in woody? If you're talking about reporting/bug-tracking, I just suggested a 'stableonly' BTS tag on debian-devel . (No one seem

bugreports potato/woody

2000-10-10 Thread Gerd Knorr
Hi, What is the recommended way to deal with bugs which are present in the potato package but already fixed in woody? Gerd -- Protecting the children is a good way to get a lot of adults who cant stand up for themselves.-- seen in some sig on /.

Re: bugreports potato/woody

2000-10-10 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 05:17:35PM +, Gerd Knorr wrote: > What is the recommended way to deal with bugs which are present in > the potato package but already fixed in woody? There is none. You're free to keep them open, or close them. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination a

Re: bugreports potato/woody

2000-10-10 Thread Chad Miller
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 05:17:35PM +, Gerd Knorr wrote: > What is the recommended way to deal with bugs which are present in > the potato package but already fixed in woody? If you're talking about reporting/bug-tracking, I just suggested a 'stableonly' BTS tag on debian-devel . (No one see

bugreports potato/woody

2000-10-10 Thread Gerd Knorr
Hi, What is the recommended way to deal with bugs which are present in the potato package but already fixed in woody? Gerd -- Protecting the children is a good way to get a lot of adults who cant stand up for themselves.-- seen in some sig on /. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai