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El 09/06/17 a les 14:01, James Cowgill ha escrit: > Hi, > > On 09/06/17 12:54, Narcis Garcia wrote: >> Hello, I'm trying to build a package that depends on another one >> (iputils-ping), but the other's version in Debian is marked with a >> notation I don't know: >> 3:20161105-1 >> >> - Which is this software's version? 3? > > This is documented in debian-policy: > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version > > The upstream version is "20161105". The epoch is "3" and is used to > change the version scheme at a later date. > >> - What is the best formula for "control" file in my new package, having >> present that any version is useful for me since 3:20020927 from >> Debian-Sarge or older if there was? >> >> Depends: iputils-ping (>= 3) >> Depends: iputils-ping (>= 20020927) >> Depends: iputils-ping (>= 3:20020927) > > The last one is the only one which will do what you want. However, it's > not worth it to specify dependency versions which only matter for > prehistoric Debian releases, so the best thing to do would just be: > > Depends: iputils-ping > > Thanks, > James > Okay, I didn't want that this lintian error affected Depends and/or Recommends too: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/depends-on-build-essential-package-without-using-version.html
