> Hi, > >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dale> Epochs are not, were never, intended to be used for this > Dale> purpose. They are only for dealing with upstream renumbering > Dale> that would cause conflicts. > > I thought this was all about the upstream releasing > pre-releases with versions that would not order right for Debian? If > that is indeed the case, then this is precisely what epochs were > designed for.
I like the way that the ``clever'' hack of sticking R on the end of libc6's version, confused the hell out of APT. Well, it made _me_ laugh :-) I wonder if an epoch would have caused the same problem... Cheers, Phil. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
