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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: conflicts between Debian's and upstream's Debian package
From:       Wouter Verhelst <wouter () debian ! org>
Date:       2015-02-22 14:19:15
Message-ID: 20150222141915.GA25638 () grep ! be
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On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 12:48:02PM -0800, Cameron Norman wrote:
>    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    upstream's package always appears to be out of date, forcing me to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?

Of course, why not?

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