On 02/08/10 22:09, James Westby wrote: > (Note that uploading the same version as before with different contents > isn't a problem with apt. Apt will do the right thing and get you the > new version, but there may be other tools that break.)
Mmm, I disagree. I've observed Apt doing the following: 1) Aha! The package in the archive has changed its metadata! You need to upgrade from version 1.0-1 to version 1.0-1. 2) But, I already have version 1.0-1 in /var/cache/apt/archives/ so I don't need to download it. 3) Oh noes! The installed package is still different from the archive! You need to upgrade from version 1.0-1 to version 1.0-1. ... repeat infinitely, until you manually purge the old version from /var/cache/apt/archives/, so that Apt actually downloads the package, rather than reinstalling the old incarnation of the version number. Basically, reusing a version in anything but very special "rebuild test" circumstances is bad news. Max.
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