Bug#660924: package manager sees version 2.0.0-1 as "older" than version 1:1.1.13-0.0

[James]

Package: vlc
Version: 2.0.0-1

Reinhard Tartler wrote:

> There has never been a version  1:1.1.13-0.0 in Debian.
> ...
> I don't see anything we can do about this problem, thus I'm closing this bug.

Well, Reinhard, with a "slap in the face" kind of response like that, I'm
inclined to denigrate your intelligence and your breeding.  But instead, let
me suggest that you try using "dpkg -p vlc" to actually inspect the displayed
"version" of the debian vlc package, on the line that begins with "Version":

	$ dpkg -p vlc
	Package: vlc
	Priority: optional
	Section: video
	Installed-Size: 3439
	Maintainer: Christian Marillat <marillat at debian.org>
	Bugs: mailto:marillat at debian.org
	Architecture: i386
	Source: vlc-dmo
	Version: 1:1.1.13-0.0
	Replaces: vlc-nox (<< 1.1.5-1)
	Provides: mp3-decoder
	Depends: ...
	...

Similarly, "dpkg -l vlc" shows:

	...
	ii  vlc			1:1.1.13-0.0	multimedia player and streamer

It may be informative to go to
	http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/vlc
and note that the package is listed as
	Package: vlc (1.1.13-1 and others)
noticing the similarity in "version" numbers.

Reinhard, if you don't know what to do about the problem, then let someone
more qualified handle it, instead of just "closing the bug".

In the meantime, synaptic, aptitude, and apt-get, still insist upon
"upgrading" from version 2 to version 1.  For instance, "aptitude upgrade"
gives:

	...
	Get: 3 http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ wheezy/main vlc i386 1:1.1.13-0.0 [1,392 kB]
	...
	Preparing to replace vlc 2.0.0-1 (using	.../vlc_1%3a1.1.13-0.0_i386.deb) ...
	Unpacking replacement vlc ...
	...

Is there a problem with the vlc package "version" numbers?  In the old
version?  In the new version?


James