Public bug reported: All of my mercurial tools are breaking due to version mismatches. I suspect it was due to the work done by the Debian guys on Friday with 3.8.3 put into unstable. Unless I'm doing something wrong. Here is the output I get:
$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Release: 16.04 $ sudo apt-get install mercurial=3.7.3-1ubuntu1 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done mercurial is already the newest version (3.7.3-1ubuntu1). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. $ hg --version Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 3.8.3) $ apt-cache policy mercurial mercurial: Installed: 3.7.3-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.7.3-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.7.3-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Expected: hg --version outputs 3.7.3 Instead hg --version outputs 3.8.3 ** Affects: mercurial (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: All of my mercurial tools are breaking due to version mismatches. I suspect it was due to the work done by the Debian guys on Friday with 3.8.3 put into unstable. Unless I'm doing something wrong. Here is the output I get: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Release: 16.04 $ sudo apt-get install mercurial=3.7.3-1ubuntu1 Reading package lists... Done - Building dependency tree + Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done mercurial is already the newest version (3.7.3-1ubuntu1). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. $ hg --version Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 3.8.3) - apt-cache policy mercurial + $ apt-cache policy mercurial mercurial: - Installed: 3.7.3-1ubuntu1 - Candidate: 3.7.3-1ubuntu1 - Version table: - *** 3.7.3-1ubuntu1 500 - 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - + Installed: 3.7.3-1ubuntu1 + Candidate: 3.7.3-1ubuntu1 + Version table: + *** 3.7.3-1ubuntu1 500 + 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Expected: - hg --version outputs 3.7.3 + hg --version outputs 3.7.3 Instead - hg --version outputs 3.8.3 + hg --version outputs 3.8.3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1591748 Title: Was Mercurial 3.8.3 accidentally placed in the 3.7.3 package? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mercurial/+bug/1591748/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs