On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:14:55 +0100, Max Bowsher <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Hah, that's mighty silly of it, and is a bug in apt that should be fixed. Thanks, James _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
