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Subject: Re: Package version naming
From: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt () canonical ! com>
Date: 2020-05-19 11:51:31
Message-ID: CAATJJ0LyX=o7M-Rm-t0EC+DJ8g1Kh6vRG1UnvGHiW5HrT1NYHw () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 3:25 AM Robin Hansson <robinhftw@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Ubuntu Developers,
>
> I wonder what the meaning is of of the package naming like ghc \
> 8.8.1+dfsg1+is+8.6.5+dfsg1-3 When running "ghc --version" it says "version 8.6.5". \
> Does the initial "8.8.1" mean some stuff from 8.8.1 is back-ported? What about \
> "dfsg1" and "dfsg1-3" ?
Hi Robin,
multiple questions in one :-)
- most of the time +is or +really indicate a problem that forced the
people to go back
e.g. they went to 8.8.1, but later found a big issue
So they had to go back to 8.6.5 but since upgrades only work with
increasing values a version string like the one you see is
constructed.
See https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#epochs-should-be-used-sparingly
- dfsg -> removing file forbidden by policy
See https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq#What_does_.2BIBw-dfsg.2BIB0_or_.2BIBw-ds.2BIB0_in_the_version_string_mean.3F
In general if in doubt, check the changelog of the package which is
accessible in your case with:
$ apt changelog ghc
There you will for this example find:
* 8.8.1+dfsg1-1~exp4 was mistakenly targeted to unstable.
- use 8.6.5 repacked tarball to fix the issue
I hope that helps,
Christian
> Best,
> Robin
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