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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: conflicts between Debian's and upstream's Debian package
From:       Cameron Norman <camerontnorman () gmail ! com>
Date:       2015-02-21 20:48:02
Message-ID: 1424551682.1994.0 () smtp ! gmail ! com
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El vie, 20 de feb 2015 a las 12:04 , Harald Dunkel <harri@afaics.de> 
escribió:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I would like to use upstream's Debian/Ubuntu packages for a
> certain tool 'foo'. Its closer to what I need, and I don't
> have migrate between both versions before asking the mailing
> list for help or for reporting/fixing problems.
> 
> Problem: The Debian maintainer messed up the version numbers
> and had to introduce a "1:" for his foo package. Now upstream's
> package always appears to be out of date, forcing me to override
> apt-get.

Not the cleanest option, but can upstream just introduce the 1: as well?

Cheers,
--
Cameron Norman

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El vie, 20 de feb 2015 a las 12:04 , Harald Dunkel &lt;harri@afaics.de&gt; \
escribió:<br> <blockquote type="cite"><div class="plaintext" style="white-space: \
pre-wrap;">Hi folks,</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div class="plaintext" \
style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> I would like to use upstream's Debian/Ubuntu packages \
for a  certain tool 'foo'. Its closer to what I need, and I don't 
have migrate between both versions before asking the mailing 
list for help or for reporting/fixing problems. 

Problem: The Debian maintainer messed up the version numbers 
and had to introduce a "1:" for his foo package. Now upstream's
package always appears to be out of date, forcing me to override
apt-get. 
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Not the cleanest option, but can upstream just \
introduce the 1: as well?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>--</div><div>Cameron \
Norman</div>


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