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Bug #43724: experimental patch for very much faster dpkg -R Summary: A patch for dpkg to speed up disk based installs requires that version numbers be distinct, even ignoring epoch (e.g. 1:1.0-1 and 1.0-1 were not allowed.) Discussion: Wichert says this patch never made into dpkg, and given the current state of apt and dpkg development, won't be used. Action: close
