Control: tag 844701 pending Hi!
Bug #844701 in package dpkg reported by you has been fixed in the dpkg/dpkg.git Git repository. You can see the changelog below, and you can check the diff of the fix at: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/diff/?id=b51bc4f --- commit b51bc4ff0cd540b82e131470053eeed1c3d2f026 Author: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> Date: Sun Dec 4 22:52:42 2016 +0100 dpkg-maintscript-helper: Use the new --validate-version command Do not abuse the --compare-versions command to perform version validation, use the new --validate-version command expressly added now to perform such task. Because the latter returns appropriate exit codes, does not print messages in debug mode and is the correct interface to use. Closes: #844701 diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index a05bfdb..a58dbec 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ dpkg (1.18.16) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium * Add new dpkg --validate-<thing> commands to validate the syntax of various <thing>s, where the current list is «pkgname», «trigname», «archname» and «version». + * Use the new dpkg --validate-version command in dpkg-maintscript-helper, + instead of abusing the --compare-versions command to perform version + validation. Closes: #844701 * Perl modules: - Whitelist DPKG_GENSYMBOLS_CHECK_LEVEL, DPKG_ROOT, DPKG_ADMINDIR and DPKG_DATADIR environment variables in Dpkg::Build::Info.