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

Jonas Smedegaard dr at jones.dk
Wed Feb 22 22:06:58 UTC 2012


Hi James,

On 12-02-22 at 02:26pm, James wrote:
> Package: vlc
> Version: 2.0.0-1
> 
> Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> 
> > There has never been a version  1:1.1.13-0.0 in Debian.

> 	$ 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

Source is vlc-dmo, which is not Debian.

> 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.

Similar, but not identical.

You mix Debian with some unofficial package source.  Please clean up 
your system and come back if the problem persist in a Debian system.


Kind regards,

 - Jonas

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