It means someone changed the status without justification. This is a dpkg bug but a rather minor one.
dpkg simplifies some versions like "0:1.0" into "1.0" or "1.0-" into "1.0" but it should not do that to avoid the kind of problem described here. ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Confirmed ** Summary changed: - package libqwt-dev - failed to upgrade + dpkg should not "simplify" version numbers in dependencies ** Changed in: qwt (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Confirmed ** No longer affects: qwt (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/873435 Title: dpkg should not "simplify" version numbers in dependencies To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/873435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs