Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.0 dpkg compares falsely when the implict 0 epoch is made explicit.
$ dpkg --compare-versions '0:2' eq '0:2' ; echo $? 1 $ dpkg --compare-versions '1:2' gt '0:2' ; echo $? 1 $ dpkg --compare-versions '1:2' eq '0:2' ; echo $? 0