tag 496114 pending
thanks
Hello,
Bug #496114 reported by you has been fixed in the Git repository. You can
see the changelog below, and you can check the diff of the fix at:
http://git.debian.org/?p=dpkg/dpkg.git;a=commitdiff;h=86823d5
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commit 86823d5792af8328107c3d86e486d2cf373da128
Author: Ian Jackson <i...@davenant.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Sat Aug 15 12:42:03 2009 +0200
dpkg: change behaviour of --merge-avail
With this change, dpkg --merge-avail does not update a package's
information if the version provided is older than the one already listed
in the available file.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1563df5..05b7af8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ dpkg (1.15.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
package and need no conflicts/breaks as the code does nothing if
the current status file is already backupped. Thanks to Leo 'costela'
Antunes <cost...@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #541412
+ * Change behaviour of dpkg --merge-avail to not update a package's
+ information if the version provided is older than the one already listed
+ in the available file. Thanks to Ian Jackson
+ <i...@davenant.greenend.org.uk> for the patch. Closes: #496114
[ Modestas Vainius ]
* Provide a meaningful label for dpkg-gensymbols diff.
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