Bug#631816: libqwt-dev: apt reinstalls the package

2011-12-17 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Hello, On 2011-12-16 17:25, Jonathan Nieder wrote: By the way, using this interpretation for epoch too, a version ':1.2.3' would be also correct? No, a version ':1.2.3' would still not be allowed, since there is a colon but the text before it () is not a number, violating This is

Bug#631816: libqwt-dev: apt reinstalls the package

2011-12-17 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: On 2011-12-16 17:25, Jonathan Nieder wrote: No, a version ':1.2.3' would still not be allowed, since there is a colon but the text before it () is not a number, violating This is a single (generally small) unsigned integer. Next sentence: It may be omitted,

Bug#631816: libqwt-dev: apt reinstalls the package

2011-12-16 Thread David Kalnischkies
Hi, each time I run apt-get upgrade, apt-get reinstalls the libqwt-dev package. APT detects installed vs. the online version as different versions because of different dependencies. If we have a close look, we can see that: Online is: Replaces: libqwt5-qt4-dev ( 6.0.0-) After installation we

Bug#631816: libqwt-dev: apt reinstalls the package

2011-12-16 Thread Jonathan Nieder
#clone 631816 -1 #reassign -1 libqwt-dev 6.0.0-1 ## policy §7.1 Syntax of relationship fields #severity -1 important severity 633943 important found 633943 qwt/6.0.0-1 #merge -1 633943 quit David Kalnischkies wrote: APT detects installed vs. the online version as different versions because of

Bug#631816: libqwt-dev: apt reinstalls the package

2011-12-16 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, On Fri, 16 Dec 2011, Jonathan Nieder wrote: If we have a close look, we can see that: Online is: Replaces: libqwt5-qt4-dev ( 6.0.0-) After installation we have in dpkg/status: Replaces: libqwt5-qt4-dev ( 6.0.0) From policy §7.1: parentheses should contain a relation from

Bug#631816: libqwt-dev: apt reinstalls the package

2011-12-16 Thread Jonathan Nieder
forcemerge 631816 633943 quit Jonathan Nieder wrote: Raphael Hertzog wrote: It's accepted by dpkg at least. Why would it be invalid? It all depends on how one interprets the phrase may not in the following sentence describing debian_version It is optional; if it isn't present then

Bug#631816: libqwt-dev: apt reinstalls the package

2011-12-16 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Hello, On 2011-12-16 10:51, Jonathan Nieder wrote: [...] It is optional; if it isn't present then the upstream_version may not contain a hyphen. [...] After rereading it again, I think what was confusing me is that I read the subject of this sentence as being debian_revision, rather

Bug#631816: libqwt-dev: apt reinstalls the package

2011-12-16 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: I agree it could be intepreted so, but I see no benefits in allowing trailing '-'. After all, it's just confusing. By the way, using this interpretation for epoch too, a version ':1.2.3' would be also correct? No, a version ':1.2.3' would still not be allowed,

Bug#631816: libqwt-dev: apt reinstalls the package

2011-06-27 Thread Laurent Bonnaud
Package: libqwt-dev Version: 6.0.0-1 Severity: normal Hi, each time I run apt-get upgrade, apt-get reinstalls the libqwt-dev package. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid